by Castlegar Source on Tuesday Mar 16 2021 Brilliant Flats is of tremendous cultural, ecological, and archaeological significance to the Sn̓ ʕay̓ckstx (Sinixt) people. In a press release issued last week, representatives of the Sinixt People applauded the province's motorized vehicle prohibition at Brilliant Flats, but said it's the tip of a very large genocidal iceberg still plauguing the area and its People. The release reads as follows: March 12’s FLNROD issued prohibition of motorized recreational use in theSinixt heritage site of kpiƛ̓ls (Brilliant) is welcome but long, long overdue,” noted Marilyn James, Matriarch of the Autonomous Sinixt. “As an ancient village and burial area, it is important to the Sinixt, but its significance extends beyond that.”