The Sinixt Confederacy is suing the B.C. provincial government for excluding the United States-based tribe from consultation on land and education issues.

The confederacy, which is part of The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington, announced Wednesday it would file two constitutional challenges at the Supreme Court of B.C. in Nelson.

The first lawsuit follows what the confederacy says was a notice in March from the government that it would only notify the tribe of decisions that impact its territory rather than include it in consultation.

Traditional Sinixt territory extends north from near Kettle Falls, Wash., through the West Kootenay to the tip of the Columbia River, north of Revelstoke.

That land is contested by the Cranbrook-based Ktunaxa Nation as well as

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