St'at'imc

The St'át'imc (also Lillooet, Stl'atl'imx, Stl'atl'imc, Sƛ’aƛ’imxǝc, St'át'imc) are an Interior Salishan people. They total about 6000.

Main Communities

Lower Sťáťimc

N'Quatqua in D'arcy. Also known as the Anderson Lake Band and one of the original members of the breakaway In-SHUCK-ch Nation, although now on its own from that organization and from the Lillooet Tribal Council, despite close family ties to the various bands of that organization. Located at the head of Anderson Lake, northeast of Pemberton.
Lil'wat in Mount Currie
Xa'xtsa, at Port Douglas at the Head of Harrison Lake (pron. HAH-tsa)
Skátin, at Skookumchuck Hot Springs on the Lillooet River (pron. Ska-TEEN)
Samahquam on the Lillooet River (pron. Sha-MAH-quam}. The tiny and remote communities of Samahquam, Xa'xtsa and Ska'tin Bands collectively which seceded from the larger Lillooet Tribal Council at the same time to join N'quatqua (D'Arcy, British Columbia|D'Arcy) to form the In-SHUCK-ch Nation.

Upper Sťaťimc

Tsaľálh (Shalalth), Ohin, Lh7us(Slosh) and Nquayt(Nkiat). Lh7us and Nquayt are at Seton Portage, Ohin and Shalalth farther east along Seton Lake. All of these are collectively self-governed within the Lillooet Tribal Council as the Seton Lake First Nation.
Sekw’el’wás in Lillooet (Cayoose Creek Reserve)
T'ít'q'et in Lillooet, also spelled Tl'itl'kt (Lillooet Reserve)
Nxwísten in Lillooet (Bridge River Indian Band)
Cácl'ep near Lillooet (pron Hah-lip and also spelled Xa'xlip) Fountain Indian Band.
Ts'kw'aylacw, also known as the Pavilion Indian Band and located at Pavilion, which is between Lillooet and Cache Creek on the lip of the Fraser Canyon and at the outlet of the karst landscape forming Marble Canyon, beyond which are the territories of the Bonaparte Band of the Shuswap Nation.

The declaration of the Lillooet Tribe was made in 1911 in Spences Bridge and is the nation's declaration of ownership over lands that had been seized by non-native settlers at Seton Portage at onset of the 20th Century, and is considered a general statement of principle regarding ownership of all traditional territories of the St'at'imcets-speaking peoples. The Declaration of the Lilooet Tribe is the Lillooet Tribe's first formal declaration to the world of the tribes status as a Country, in International terms, as they understood them at that time. The Declaration is mentioned as the foundation document of all the various organizations of the Lillooet Tribe in place today, such as the St'at'imc Chiefs Council, Lillooet Tribal Council and the In-SHUCK-ch Nation. The Declaration brings the tribe together at the grass roots level as a Country.

Language

The language of the Sťaťimc people is Sťáťimcets (also known as Lillooet), a member of the Interior Salish group which includes the languages of the neighbouring Secwepemc (Shuswap) and Nlaka'pamux (Thompson) peoples.

External links

USLCES webpages(USLCES webpages)
map of Northwest Coast First Nations (including St'at'imc)
Bibliography of Materials on the Lillooet Language (YDLI)
The Lillooet Language (YDLI)
History Of The Stl'atl'imx People
Sťáťimcets - The Lillooet Language
The St’at’imcets Language(Native Language, Font, & Keyboard)
The Sťáťimc Chiefs Council(Sťáťimc Chiefs Council(SCC) )
Lil'Wat Nation website (Lower Lillooet/Mt. Currie)

Bibliography

van Eijk, Jan P. (1991). Cuystwí malh Ucwalmíc^wts: Teach yourself Lillooet: Ucwalmícwts curriculum for advanced learners. Mount Currie, B.C.: Ts’zil Publishing House. ISBN 0-9209-3802-7.
van Eijk, Jan P. (1997). The Lillooet language: Phonology, morphology, syntax. Vancouver: UBC Press. ISBN 0-7748-0625-7.
Joseph, Marie. (1979). Cuystwí malh Ucwalmícwts: Ucwalmícwts curriculum for beginners. Mount Currie, B.C.: Ts’zil Publishing House. ISBN 0-9209-3800-0.
Larochell, Martina; van Eijk, Jan P.; & Williams, Lorna. (1981). Cuystwí malh Ucwalmícwts: Lillooet legends and stories. Mount Currie, B.C.: Ts’zil Publishing House. ISBN 0-9209-3803-5.
Williams, Lorna; van Eijk, Jan P.; & Turner, Gordon. (1979). Cuystwí malh Ucwalmícwts: Ucwalmícwts curriculum for intermediates. Mount Currie, B.C.: Ts’zil Publishing House. ISBN 0-9209-3801-9.

First Nations in British Columbia