St'at'imc

St'át'imc (also Lillooet, St'at'imcets, Stl'atl'imx, St’át’imcets, Sƛ’aƛ’imxǝc, St'át'imc).

Interior Salishan people. Total about 6000.

Main Communities are:

• Lower St'at'imc
  • N'Quatqua in D'arcy
  • Lilwat in Mount Currie
  • Port Douglas at the Head of Harrison Lake
  • Skookumchuk on the Lillooet River
  • Samaqham on the Lillooet River

• Upper St'at'imc
  • Tsal’álh in Seton Portage
  • Sekw’el’wás in Lillooet, British Columbia
  • T'ít'q'et in Lillooet, British Columbia
  • Nxwísten in Lillooet, British Columbia
  • Cácl'ep near Lillooet, British Columbia
  • Ts'kw'aylacw between Lillooet, British Columbia and Cache Creek

The declaration of the Lillooet Tribe was made in 1911 in Spences Bridge and is the nation's declaration of ownership over the lands

Language

Links

• Bibliography of Materials on the Lillooet Language (YDLI)
• The Lillooet Language (YDLI)
• The Stl'atl'imx People
• St'at'imcets – The Lillooet Language
• The St’at’imcets Language (Native Language, Font, & Keyboard)
• USLCES webpages (USLCES webpages)

Bibliography

• van Eijk, Jan P. (1985). The Lillooet language: Phonology, morphology, syntax. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam. (Published version of van Eijk's doctoral dissertation).
• van Eijk, Jan P. (1990). Intransitivity, transitivity and control in Lillooet Salish. In H. Pinkster & I. Grenee (Eds.), Unity in diversity: Papers presented to Simon C. Dik on his 50th birthday (pp. 47–64). Dordrecht, Holland: Foris.
• 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.