[4] Following the enactment of self-government, WFN members developed the Westbank First Nation constitution,[5] which sets out how the community is governed and how it exercises its jurisdiction.

The Advisory Council is a five-member council, elected every three years by WFN residents, that meets regularly to review and make recommendations on issues that directly and significantly affect taxpayers such as tax expenditures, proposed laws and proposed amendments to laws.

[6] The nsyilxcən language holds thousands of years of knowledge of the land and contains teachings about natural laws.

As syilx/Okanagan people, it is understood that humans are to act as caretakers of nxʷəlxʷəltantət, that which gives us life, including language and land.

[8] In the nsyilxcən/nqilxʷcən language, capital letters are not used because it insinuates that someone or something holds more importance than another, and this belief does not fall in line with syilx ethics.