The chief of the Okanagan Indian Band is welcoming news the city of Vernon has decided to turn over the Ogopogo copyright to a local first nations organization. The band was concerned about an outside entity holding a copyright on part of its culture.
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- City of Vernon, B.C., votes to transfer Ogopogo copyright to Syilx Okanagan Nation