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Stl'atl'imx en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (plural, singular) Synonym of Lillooet (people).
   • The Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police Service is the only First Nations-administered police force in the province. Based out of its Mount Currie and Lillooet detachments, it's an independent municipal police department with its own police board. The Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police Service employs eight officers split between its two detachments and faced "serious resourcing challenges" in the last fiscal year, according to its latest annual report. 2020 February 28, Catharine Tunney, “Separate policing services would not solve Indigenous-Crown tensions on their own, critics say”, in CBC News:
   • The Stl’atl’imx are an Interior Salish people who divide themselves into those of the ‘upper territory’ (including the areas around Lillooet) and the ‘lower territory’ or the Lower Lillooet River Valley ranging from Harrison Lake in the south to Lillooet Lake in the north. This paper focusses on the Stl’atl’imx of the Lower Lillooet River Valley who speak the Ucwalmícwts (‘ooKwale-MEWK) language. They are organised into the Xa’xtsa (pronounced HAHK-cha), Skatin and the Samahquam Nations. 2017, Erin Gibson, “Returning home: heritage work among the Stl’atl’imx of the Lower Lillooet River Valley”, in International Journal of Heritage Studies, volume 23, number 3, →DOI, pages 183–199:

Relateds

Stl'atl'imxets

Synonyms

Lillooet