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ʔakisq̓nuk

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THE LAND BETWEEN THE TWO LAKES

THE LAND BETWEEN THE TWO LAKES THE LAND BETWEEN THE TWO LAKES

About Us - Past, Present & future

ʔakisq̓nuk Resilience

ʔakisq̓nuk Resilience

ʔakisq̓nuk Resilience

Our History: How ʔakisq̓nuk came to be and what we have done. 

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What We're Working On

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ʔakisq̓nuk Resilience

ʔakisq̓nuk current projects, programs and what we want to fight for or fight for what?

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ʔakisq̓nuk policies, reports, plans, application forms, and more.

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ʔakisq̓nuk Governance

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Member Services

Member Services include health, housing, education, recreation centre, & membership

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Lands, Resources & Infrastructure

Employment Opportunities & Resources

ʔakisq̓nuk lands, resources and infrastructure, jurisdiction

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Fiscal & Economic Development

Employment Opportunities & Resources

Employment Opportunities & Resources

ʔakisq̓nuk businesses, societies, 

economic partners and opportunities

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Employment Opportunities & Resources

Employment Opportunities & Resources

Employment Opportunities & Resources

Check out the Employment Opportunities in ʔakisq̓nuk as well as Ktunaxa Territory.

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About ʔakisq̓nuk

Our Vision:

Strong, healthy citizens and communities speaking our languages, celebrating who we are and our history in our ancestral homelands, working together and managing our lands and resources as a self-sufficient, self-governing Nation.

Our Mission:

Through sound, responsible leadership, we will promote the well-being and economic self-reliance of our people by encouraging and fostering education and sustainable employment.

Guiding Principles:

Commitment

Knowledge

Discipline

Integrity

Justice

Values:

Lands

Family

Respect

Honest

Compassion

Our Culture and Language

Who We Are

We are ʔakisq̓nuk First Nation, over 550 members strong.

ʔakisq̓nuk (pronounced 'ah-kis-kuh-nook') means "land between two lakes," and our people are one of six Ktunaxa Bands living in our traditional, unceded territory here in Windermere, B.C.

Ktunaxa (pronounced ‘k-too-nah-ha’) people have occupied the lands adjacent to the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers and the Arrow Lakes of British Columbia, Canada for more than 10,000 uninterrupted years.

Our traditional territory covers about 70,000 square kilometres (27,000 square miles) within the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Historically, our territory included parts of Alberta, Montana, Washington and Idaho.

For thousands of years we enjoyed the natural bounty of the land, seasonally migrating throughout our homelands to follow vegetation and hunting cycles. We obtained all our food, medicine and material for shelter and clothing from nature – hunting, fishing and gathering throughout our territory, across the Rocky Mountains and on the Great Plains of both Canada and the United States. Our Creation Story has been passed down through generations and outlines the Ktunaxa territory boundaries through the river systems, lakes, and mountain ranges. Read the Creation Story here.

European settlement in the late 1800s, followed by the establishment of Indian Reserves, led to the creation of the present Indian Bands.

The Ktunaxa First Nations in British Columbia/Canada are ʔakisq̓nuk First Nation, ʔaq̓am, yaqan nuʔkiy and Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi‘it. The Ktunaxa/Kootenai Tribes in the United States are Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (Ksanka Band).

Contact Us

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You can call the ʔakisq̓nuk Band Hall at 250-342-6301.

The office is closed for lunch from 12 -1pm.

You can email your inquires to info@akisqnuk.org. Due to increasing email scams, we don't put staff emails on the website.

ʔakisq̓nuk First Nation

3050 Highway 93/95, Windermere, British Columbia V0B 2L2, Canada

Satelite office located at #506 - 625 4th Street Invermere, BC V0A 1K4 250-342-6301 info@akisqnuk.org

Hours

Open today

08:30 a.m. – 04:30 p.m.

Highlights from the 2023 Akisqnuk AGA

A day when we can come together to celebrate and look towards the future.


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