St'at'imc

ethnic group
group=St'at'imc


poptime=6,000 approx.
popplace=Canada (British Columbia)
rels=Christianity, Animism, other
langs=English, St'at'imcets,
related=other Interior Salish-speaking peoples The St'át'imc (also Lillooet, Stl'atl'imx, Stl'atl'imc, Sƛ’aƛ’imxǝc, St'át'imc, Stlatliumh) are an Interior Salish people located in the southern Coast Mountains and Fraser Canyon region of the Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia. They total about 6000.

Main Communities

Lower St'at'imc

*Lil'wat in Mount Currie
*Xa'xtsa, at Port Douglas at the Head of Harrison Lake (pron. /ˈhah.ʦa/)
*Skátin, at Skookumchuck Hot Springs on the Lillooet River (pron. /ska.ˈtin/)
*Samahquam (pron. /ʃa.ˈma.kwam/) on the Lillooet River. 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) to form the In-SHUCK-ch Nation.

Upper St'at'imc

*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. Historically the N'Quatqua and Tsalalh bands were one group, the Lakes Lillooet or Lexalexamux, and included a group at the foot of Seton Lake, near Lillooet, known as the Skimka'imx.
*Tsaľálh (Shalalth), Skeil, Ohin, Lh7us (Slosh) and Nquayt (Nkiat). Lh7us and Nquayt are at Seton Portage, Skeil, 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/Pashilqua Reserves)
*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. /ˈhah.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 grassroots level as a Country.

Language

The language of the Sťaťimc people is St'at'imcets (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

* [http://www.uslces.org/home.html USLCES webpages] (USLCES webpages)
* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/abed/images/map2.jpgmap of Northwest Coast First Nations] (including St'at'imc)
* [http://www.cayoosh.net/native.html History Of The Stl'atl'imx People]
* [http://www.statimc.net The Sťáťimc Chiefs Council] (St'at'imc Chiefs Council(SCC) )
* [http://www.lilwatnation.com Lil'Wat Nation website] (Lower Lillooet/Mt. Currie)
* [http://survivingcanada.resist.ca/image/tid/7 Photos]
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Language

* [http://www.ydli.org/biblios/lillobib.htm Bibliography of Materials on the Lillooet Language] (YDLI)
* [http://www.ydli.org/langs/lillooet.htm The Lillooet Language] (YDLI)
* [http://www.cayoosh.net/statimcets.html St'at'imcets - The Lillooet Language]
* [http://www.languagegeek.com/salishan/statimcets.html The Sťáťimcets Language] (Native Language, Font, & Keyboard)

Bibliography

* Joseph, Marie. (1979). "Cuystwí malh Ucwalmícwts: Ucwalmícwts curriculum for beginners". Mount Currie, B.C.: Ts’zil Publishing House. ISBN.
* 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.
* Smith, Trefor. "Our Stories Are Written on the Land A Brief History of the Upper St'át'imc 1800-1940". Lillooet, BC: Upper St'át'imc Language, Culture and Education Society, 1998. ISBN 1896719082
* 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.
* van Eijk, Jan P. (1997). "The Lillooet language: Phonology, morphology, syntax". Vancouver: UBC Press. ISBN.
* 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.