July Health Centre Calendar
July 2022 Health Centre Calendar July Upper Similkameen Health Centre 2022 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Office Closed 3 4...
15 August
The Valley of Eagles
The Upper Similkameen Indian Band welcomes you to the Similkameen Valley, our traditional home.
Ochre in the Similkameen Valley
"The Ochre Bluffs and paintings are symbols of who we are -- they represent our traditions, in respect to the user of ochre and ceremonial rites, and these traditions are embedded in our teachings" --USIB Member
There are four sacred colours of ochre are found here in the Similkameen: red, yellow, black, and white. Ochre is used all over the world -- as medicine, a pigment to make paint, and in ceremonies. Similkameen mined soft ochre by carving into the hillside with digging sticks and antlers, and ochre was used to paint pictographs on rocks throughout the Similkameen Valley.
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IRA Update
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