The En’owkin Centre was established in 1981 to preserve, protect and perpetuate the endangered nsyilxcn language and the culture of the syilx-Okanagan Peoples. Its adult education programs utilize traditional syilx methodologies, including land-based learning at their syilx Bush School, to engage eight syilx communities in learning their language. En’owkin Centre students can enroll in their nsyilxcn Language Fluency Certificate/ Diploma in partnership with the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology which ladders into the Bachelor of nsyilxcn Language Fluency at the University of British Columbia. As an Indigenous cultural, educational, ecological, and creative arts organization, En’owkin Centre plays a lead role in the development and implementation of syilx-Okanagan knowledge and systems at the community, provincial, federal, and international levels.