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For most people, it’s just another highway through the South Okanagan. For Osoyoos Band Chief Clarence Louie, it’s a daily reminder of land his community says was taken more than a century ago.After years of negotiations, the Osoyoos Band is working with the province of British Columbia on a land claim swap that could re-draw where the reserve starts and ends.Rather than seeking the return of highways that now cross reserve land, the band is negotiating for a patchwork of Crown land of comparable value, including culturally significant sites and an ancestral burial site.“They want the highway that goes through…

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