Penticton

Preferred Name:
Penticton
Alternative Name:
Meaning "The Always Place"
Language:
Nsyilxcən
BC Regional Office:
Thompson Okanagan (Kamloops)
Region:
Thompson Okanagan
Reserve Land Area:18,700.90 ha
Chief:
Chief Greg Gabriel
Council:
Clint Gabriel, Lesley Gabriel, Suzanne Johnson, Dolly Kruger, Fred Kruger, Tim Lezard, Vivian Lezard, Charlene Roberds
Governance Structure:
Custom Electoral System
Address: 841 Westhills Drive S 80 C19
Penticton
V2A 6J7
Community Description

The Penticton Indian Band is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located next to the city of Penticton in the Okanagan Valley. The Penticton Indian Band community members have declared that the Nation is the proper title and rights holders of the whole of the Okanagan territory. As Okanagan people, we have a collective right and responsibility to protect and manage our land, our people, our culture (which includes language) and our spirituality.

Treaty or Tribal Association
Okanagan Nation Alliance