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Of the seven Okanagan dialects spoken, Northern Okanagan is heard in the Okanagan Lake and River areas. More accurately, n-seel-ick-CHEEN is the native Salish term that refers to those who speak any of the Okanagan dialects.

European colonization brought land surveys and the establishment of reserves. After B.C. joined Confederation in 1871 land holdings were reduced even further.

In 1996, approximately 2,178 Okanagan lived on the along the northwest arm of Okanagan Lake, southwest of Okanagan Lake, north of Osoyoos, and near Kelowna and Enderby. Land claim and aboriginal rights issues continue to be disputed and resisted.

(Information from the 1999 Canadian Encyclopaedia: World Edition Copyright 1998 by McClelland & Stewart Inc.)