Canadian soldiers were trained to fire "live mortars, grenades and other munitions, including white phosphorus".
In 2014, over 70 years old live mortars were found; a clean up agreement specifies that beginning in 2015 ten band members will be trained to become UXO technicians.
[11] On February 22, 2010 the Okanagan Indian Band began blockading Tolko Industries Ltd.'s access to the Browns Creek watershed to protest logging.
[16] In 2023, OKIB held a ground breaking ceremony for a new Cultural Immersion School underway.
The immersion was founded in September of 2006, with the intent of cultivating a sense of cultural identity and language revitalization for generation to come.