Sinixt occupation camp

In 1987, a Sinixt burial ground was discovered near the Slocan River in Vallican. Remains of Sinixt ancestors were distributed to museums with no effort to contact the living descendents, now living mostly in Washington. This event aroused the Sinixt people living in Washington State to return north and initiate an occupation of the site. This occupation has now become the longest continuous peaceful occupation on Crown Land in Canadian history