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International Overdose Awareness Day Family BBQ

2026 Elders’ Gathering: Itinerary

2026 Elders’ Gathering Click through to the event listing, or see the itinerary below.

Cultural teachers sought for Ktunaxa Culture Camp

Are you a Ktunaxa ʔaqǂsmaknik̓ with teachings to share? Then we are looking for you! The Traditional Knowledge and Language team is seeking Cultural Teachers for the Ktunaxa Culture Camp, […]

Vote: The 2026 Ktunaxa Water Tour

Please join a 2-day “water tour” for Ktunaxa ʔaqⱡsmaknik this October 5 and 6. Day 1 will be a field tour on the land. Day 2 will be a catered […]

Ktunaxa Culture Camp @ Camp Stone

Call out to Ktunaxa photographers

Send in your photos for the 2027 Natanik̓ Calendar! EARN: $100 per selected photo CHOOSE: Seasonal subject matter OPEN TO: Ktunaxa ʔaqⱡsmaknik DEADLINE: September 15, 2026 SEND TO: news@ktunaxa.org Posted […]

August 2026 Newsletter

Ktunaxa Nation, Interior Health ink LOU to improve health services, outcomes for Ktunaxa

From L-R: Nasuʔkin Jason Louie (yaqan nuʔkiy), Lisa Varley (Interior Health), Reggie Goldsbury (KNC), Nasuʔkin Don Sam (ʔAkisq̓nuk), Nasuʔkin Heidi Gravelle (Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi‘it), Rachael Nicholas (KNC), Caitlin Flint (Interior Health), […]

Malyan Michel Bursary Recipients Announced

Call for Caterer: Staff training session

Ktunaxa Nation 2026 Annual General Assembly

Click the link below to get to the event details. REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED: As we have reached capacity for the venue, registration for the AGA is now closed. 2026 Annual […]

Ktunaxa Nation welcomes move toward shared care of Qat’muk for future generations

Long-standing Ktunaxa stewardship enters next phase through collaborative conservation planning July 14, 2026 ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa / Ktunaxa Territory Qat’muk is a sacred and living landscape in the Central Purcell Mountains, […]

2026 KNC Annual Report

Click here to view the 2026 Ktunaxa Nation Council Annual Report

Tallow Rendering and Soap Making Workshop

July 2026 Newsletter

In memory of Beatrice Stevens

In memory of Beatrice Stevens From the Traditional Knowledge and Language team Today, we mourn the passing of our friend and Elder, Beatrice Stevens. Bea was a driving force and […]

2026 Malyan Michel Bursary Applications Now Open

2026 Malyan Michel Bursary Application Now Open DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM HERE

2026 Golf Tournament Thank You

Humanizing healthcare in ɁamakɁis Ktunaxa

Humanizing healthcare in ɁamakɁis Ktunaxa June 17, 2026 Interview with Jared Basil, Ktunaxa Cultural Framework Ambassador Jared Basil has provided cultural safety training, practice framework training, and education to a […]

Ktunaxa Health Fair 2026: Thank you!

Ktunaxa Health Fair 2026: Thank you to partners and attendees June 17, 2026 The Ktunaxa Nation Health Fair was yesterday, and more than 100 people visited. More than […]

Survey call out: Master’s research at Royal Roads University

Survey call out: Master’s research at Royal Roads University June 9, 2026 Contributed by Loretta Moore Wingo I am enrolled in ʔakisq̓nuk First Nation, and many people may know me […]

Statement to halt unauthorized harvesting of ʔayut

Statement to halt unauthorized harvesting of ʔayut May 26, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cranbrook, B.C. — The Ktunaxa Nation Council is giving notice that harvesting ʔayut by non-Ktunaxanin̓tik is still not permitted […]

Ktunaxa Health Fair, 2026

Ktunaxa Nation Government Building closed until further notice

Ktunaxa Nation Government Building closed until further notice First posted: March 26 Updated: April 8 Updated: May 22 As you may be aware, Ktunaxa Nation Council has been dealing with […]

TKL Elders Meeting – June 11

TKL Elders Meeting

Apply Now: Kootenay ʔa·kinq̓uku TREX

Apply Now: Kootenay ʔa·kinq̓uku TREX BC PRESCRIBED FIRE TRAINING EXCHANGE September 13-26, 2026 | Canal Flats, B.C. Applications are now open for Kootenay ʔa·kinq̓uku TREX. The BC Wildfire Service and […]

14th Annual Building Celebration and Ktunaxa Citizens’ Excellence Awards

Honouring Excellence: Ktunaxa Nation Celebrates Community, Culture and Achievement Ktunaxa Nation Council hosted the 14th Annual Building Celebration and Ktunaxa Citizens’ Excellence Awards at the Ktunaxa Nation Government Building in […]

Call Out: Ktunaxa Legacy Trust Engagement Coordinator

Request for Proposals: Ktunaxa Legacy Trust Engagement Coordinator

2026 May Celebration and Ktunaxa Citizens’ Excellence Awards

Click here for the Zoom link if you are tuning in. 2026 May Celebration and Ktunaxa Citizens’ Excellence and Honour Awards

Red Dress Day, 2026

Hundreds of people gathered in Cranbrook on May 5, 2026, to mark a respectful Red Dress Day. Photos by Ktunaxa Nation Council The event to honour missing and murdered Indigenous […]

Primary Care Champion Award goes to Ktunaxa Nation Regional Health Centre

Ya·kiⱡʔawumuʔtiⱡamnamki – Ktunaxa Nation Regional Health Centre to receive the Primary Care Champion Award at upcoming ceremony May 5, 2026 The Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of British Columbia is awarding […]

Lot 48 prescribed burn: Postponed

Lot 48 prescribed burn: Postponed May 4, 2026 Ktunaxa Nation Council, ʔakisq̓nuk First Nation, Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Province of B.C. had planned to complete a prescribed burn of […]

Ktunaxa Youth Summit 2026: Recap

Youth Summit gratitude Story and photos, courtesy Education and Employment We’d like to do a special shoutout to our amazing workshop facilitators for sharing their cultural knowledge with us […]

Red Dress Day 2026

Red Dress Day 2026 Red Dress Day 2026

Star Quilt Workshop

(Story and photos courtesy of Core Services, Ktunaxa Nation Council) (April 20, 2026) Star Quilt Workshop with Roberta Thank you to Roberta Gravelle, (pictured in the circle photo) who offered […]

Savouring traditional foods with language on the tip of our tongues

Savouring traditional foods with language on the tip of our tongues Story and photos courtesy of TKL (Traditional Knowledge and Language Sector) ǂawiyaǂ ¢ naqam¢u, swaq̓mu, ʔini¢ka, kyanuqǂumna These are […]

April 2026 Newsletter

Ktunaxa Nation Health Assembly 2026

Ktunaxa Nation Health Assembly

Partnership Drives Bighorn Sheep Recovery in Kicking Horse Corridor

Partnership Drives Bighorn Sheep Recovery in Kicking Horse Corridor Article by Jodi Brown – Project Coordinator, KNC Lands and Resources Photo credit: Stephanie Higgins, MSc, RPBio, P.Bi – Cirque Ecological […]

Final Call to register for the 2026 Ktunaxa Youth Summit

Final Call to register for the 2026 Ktunaxa Youth Summit This years workshops include…Stick Game Making Traditional Tea Making& Powwow Dance ClassAlong with other exciting activities and special performance by […]

Community Garden coming to Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it this spring

Community Garden coming to Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it this spring Courtesy Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it – Tobacco Plains Indian Band This week, Martin and Arthur presented to Council a member led vision for a […]

Indigenous Languages Day and the strength of the Ktunaxa language

Indigenous Languages Day and the strength of the Ktunaxa ʔa·kⱡukaqwum March 31 is National Indigenous Languages Day. Visit the Traditional Knowledge and Language page for more language news. Our language, […]

TKL March Meeting: Cancelled

Please note this meeting is cancelled out of respect for families. We hope to see everyone at the next meeting. Thank you.

PHOTOS: Horsemanship Skills Training March, 2026

PHOTOS: Horsemanship Skills Training March 19, 2026 Some photos of the Horsemanship Skills Training with Alfred Joseph and ʔa·knusti. Photos courtesy Alexis Martig. See the Traditional Knowledge and Language page […]

Ktunaxa Census 2025 – 2026

2026 Annual General Meeting

2026 Annual General Assembly

Healing Our Spirit: HIV Summit

Visit the Event listing to learn more and for the registration link. Please register by April 7, 2026 Healing Our Spirit: HIV Summit

February 2026 Newsletter

February, 2026

2026 Ktunaxa Citizens’ Excellence Award: Nominate today

Nominate today via the online form. Or email citizencommittee@ktunaxa.org for more information.

Ktunaxa Youth Summit 2026

Click here to register!

Chief Isadore Pancake Breakfast

Friday June 19, 2026 7:30 am to 10 am Please join us for a great breakfast. $10 per plate $5 for children under 12 Hosted by Lands and Resources Sector […]

2026 Charity Golf Tournament: Save the Date

International Mother Language Day

February 21 happens to be “International Mother Language Day!” https://www.un.org/en/observances/mother-language-day It’s a good time to remind everyone that the Ktunaxa ʔa·kⱡukaqwum (language), is ancient and an ‘isolate,’ unrelated to any […]

Call for Ktunaxa Artisans

Call for Ktunaxa Artisans Feb 20, 2026 Closing date: March 11, 2026 The Education and Employment Sector is looking for handmade items to give away as door prizes at this […]

Indigenous Title and Private Property in ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa and B.C.

Read our open letter to residents of ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa.

Statement against residential-school denialism

Statement against residential-school denialism Anti-Indigenous racism has no place in ɁamakɁis Ktunaxa—or in the B.C. Legislature ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa: The Governments of the Ktunaxa Nation denounce the actions of B.C. MLA […]

Ktunaxa Nation issues U.S. travel advisory

Ktunaxa Nation issues U.S. travel advisory Ktunaxa Nation Council is issuing this advisory to all Ktunaxanin̓tik who are considering travelling to, or through, the United States. Ktunaxa Nation Council (KNC) […]

An open letter to residents of ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa

An open letter to residents of ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa Your homes are not at stake: Ktunaxa title and rights can co-exist with fee-simple land ownership January 23, 2026 The governments of the Ktunaxa […]

January 2026 Newsletter

Community Connectivity Phase 2

Ktunaxa Nation statement on Zincton

Ktunaxa Nation statement on Zincton Nation-led research shows unacceptable risks from proposed resort For Immediate Release December 9, 2025 The Ktunaxa Nation Council and Yaqan Nuʔkiy (Lower Kootenay Band) maintain […]

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Ktunaxa Nation statement demands a halt to unauthorized harvesting of sacred plant

Ktunaxa Nation statement demands a halt to unauthorized harvesting of sacred plant August 13, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cranbrook, B.C. — The Ktunaxa Nation Council (KNC) is giving notice on […]

Ktunaxa name bestowed on the CCCUNESCO’s Working Group

Ktunaxa name bestowed on the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Working Group for the Decade of Indigenous languages Ottawa, August 5, 2025 – Members of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages Working […]

July 2025 Newsletter

June 2025 Newsletter

Introducing the ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa Land Stewardship Vision Initiative

Introducing the ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa Land Stewardship Vision Initiative (Originally published in Spring, 2025 issue of Ktuq̓ȼqakyam) (Contributed by the LSV Team) Since time immemorial, Ktunaxa ʔaqⱡsmaknik̓ have been stewards of […]

May 2025 Newsletter

Ya·kiⱡ ʔawumuʔtiⱡamnamki Ktunaxa Regional Health Centre opens

Ya·kiⱡ ʔawumuʔtiⱡamnamki Ktunaxa Regional Health Centre opens May 8, 2025 Many gathered in ʔa·kisk̓aqǂiʔit to mark the opening of the Ktunaxa Nation Regional Health Centre. Located in downtown Cranbrook at […]

Ktunaxa Nation Regional Health Centre to open in Cranbrook

Ktunaxa Nation Regional Health Centre to open in Cranbrook April 23, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New home for KNC Clinic and will be a hub for Indigenous health services in […]

April 2025 Newsletter

Ktunaxa Nation Statement on CRT ‘pause’

Ktunaxa Nation Statement on CRT ‘pause’ Amid the U.S. ‘pause’ on the Columbia River Treaty modernization, the Nation looks to work that has been done and the necessity for a […]

New approach to distribute funds for environmental projects

Government of Canada and Ktunaxa Nation launch an approach to distribute $58 million for environmental projects in the Kootenay Region of British Columbia March 13, 2025 – Vancouver, British Columbia The Government […]

Ktuq̓ȼqakyam 2024 2 Winter

Columbia River Treaty: Stay on track, even if it’s a fast track

Columbia River Treaty: Stay on track, even if it’s a fast track November 18: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ʔakisk̓aqǂiʔit (Cranbrook, B.C.): The Ktunaxa Nation is steadfast in its commitment to ensuring […]

Groundbreaking of Seven Nations Soaring Eagle Treatment Centre: Toward Healing and Wellness

Groundbreaking of Seven Nations Soaring Eagle Treatment Centre: Toward Healing and Wellness September 18, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE yaqan nuʔkiy (Creston, B.C.): A significant milestone was reached this week with the […]

Ktunaxa Nation Council demands a halt of commercial plant harvesting by a Saskatchewan-based business

Ktunaxa Nation Council demands a halt of commercial plant harvesting by a Saskatchewan-based business July 29, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cranbrook, B.C. — The Ktunaxa Nation Council (KNC) has issued […]

Columbia River Treaty: Agreement in Principle, more information available

Columbia River Treaty: Agreement in Principle, more information available Ktunaxa Nation Advocates for Ecosystem Health and Indigenous Values in Columbia River Treaty Negotiations 2024 The Ktunaxa Nation, alongside the Syilx […]

Ktunaxa Nation celebrates milestone in Columbia River Treaty modernization

Ktunaxa Nation celebrates milestone in Columbia River Treaty modernization Agreement in Principle announced July 11, 2024: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ʔa·kisk̓aqǂiʔit Cranbrook, B.C. – The Ktunaxa Nation Council is proud to […]

Ktuq̓ȼqakyam 2024 1 Spring

IJC reference: First of many steps to restore Elk-Kootenay watershed, Ktunaxa leaders say

First of many steps to restore Elk-Kootenay watershed, Ktunaxa leaders say In Partnership with the Transboundary Ktunaxa Nation, U.S. and Canada Take Important First Step to Address Mining Pollution in the Elk-Kootenay […]

Consultation has a purpose, Nation says

Consultation has a purpose, Nation says And “No” is a valid outcome when it comes to projects in ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa yaqan nuʔkiy (Where the Rock Stands [Creston, B.C.]): A recent court case […]

The Ktunaxa Nation calls for the U.S. and Canada to meet with the Nation immediately to address watershed pollution

The Ktunaxa Nation calls for the U.S. and Canada to meet with the Nation immediately to address watershed pollution Trudeau and Biden Strike Out, Missing Both the End-of-Summer Deadline and […]

National Parks car tags for Ktunaxanin̓tik

National Parks car tags for Ktunaxanin̓tik ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa has some awesome national parks, and all Indigenous Canadians can access them at no fee (Except for camping and other activity fees). […]

Tribal and First Nation governments of the Transboundary Ktunaxa Nation send President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau their solution to address mining pollution in the Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed

Tribal and First Nation governments of the Transboundary Ktunaxa Nation send President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau their solution to address mining pollution in the Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed For Immediate Release: August […]

CRT agreements are significant to Ktunaxa

CRT agreements are significant to Ktunaxa June 13, 2023: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ʔa·kisk̓aqǂiʔit / Cranbrook, B.C.: Through the three separate interim agreements, signed on June 8, 2023, the Ktunaxa Nation, Secwépemc […]

Indigenous leaders from both sides of the border call for immediate IJC reference

Indigenous leaders from both sides of the border call for immediate IJC reference Trudeau risks century-old treaty to appease British Columbia For Immediate Release May 11, 2023 Representatives from the […]

Ktunaxa Nation Council appalled to learn Teck Coal has appealed the Province’s penalties for water quality pollution

Ktunaxa Nation Council appalled to learn Teck Coal has appealed the Province’s penalties for water quality pollution Ktunaxa Nation Council appalled to learn Teck Coal has appealed the Province’s penalties […]

KNC recognizes Province for enforcing regulatory requirements intended to address water quality pollution

KNC recognizes Province for enforcing regulatory requirements intended to address water quality pollution Recent penalties to Teck reflect consideration of Ktunaxa rights and technical input February 8, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE […]

Ktunaxa solidarity with T’exelcemc

Ktunaxa solidarity with T’exelcemc Standing with survivors as knowledge is confirmed and shared ʔa·kisk̓aqǂiʔit / Cranbrook, B.C.: January 23, 2023 This week, the Chief and Council of Williams Lake First […]

Cranbrook Urgent & Primary Care Centre marks one year anniversary

Cranbrook Urgent & Primary Care Centre marks one year anniversary Cranbrook Urgent & Primary Care Centre marks one year anniversary ʔa·kisk̓aqǂiʔit \ Cranbrook, B.C. – December 15, 2022 The Cranbrook Urgent […]

Trudeau hosts the world on biodiversity, but dismisses First Nations at home

Trudeau hosts the world on biodiversity, but dismisses First Nations at home November 23, 2022 As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosts the international community in Montreal this week for […]

Statement: KNC on released documents regarding Kootenay Watershed pollution

Statement: KNC on released documents regarding Kootenay Watershed pollution Documents: Global Affairs Canada shelves a joint international initiative to address Kootenay watershed selenium contamination Canada’s failure to respect binding international […]

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