This document, signed on April 28, 2022, is the declaration of the Ashnola sməlqmíx Protected and Conserved Area. It describes the inherent jurisdiction of the sməlqmíx and their sovereign responsibilities to all of our waters and lands from the nxaʔcinitkʷ (headwaters) and yaʕt ats ntuʔtuʔpitkʷ (all that flows) throughout nməlqitkʷ (Similkameen watershed)

Declaration of the Ashnola sməlqmíx Protected and Conserved Area