The People of Pukaist Society supports community members across generations, with language, history, cultural continuity, and careful public sharing.
This page gathers public-facing community context, not the whole body of community knowledge. It keeps attention on continuity, named places, intergenerational teaching, and what is shared with care.
The names Pokaist and Peymanoos have remained part of community and historical record. A 2011 dissertation by a Pukaist descendant ties archival reserve names directly to the places where she grew up, and early twentieth-century records also preserve Pokaist and Pokhaist as named places.
The Nlaka'pamux practice of huckpestes is described in a 2011 dissertation connected to Pukaist family context as a way of building wisdom through storytelling, reflection, and intergenerational learning. The same work also describes family-oriented teaching in Nlakapmuxcin as a living framework, not only a historical one.
A 2008 historical report describes Pukaist reliance on both riverine lands along the Thompson River and the high meadows of Highland Valley for hay, grazing, trout fishing, and other resources. In 1913, McKenna-McBride testimony described cultivated fields, seasonal hay lands, water challenges, and the importance of open range beyond the reserves.
Some community and family knowledge is not included on this site. Public pages share what is ready for public access. Other materials remain with the community or require further review before any public use.
