Word of the week: “Empathy.”
“If we’re going to find our way back to each other, we have to know and understand empathy, because empathy is the antidote to shame. If you put shame in a Petri dish, it needs three things to grow...
View ArticleWord of the Week – iqwelq̓wel
It’s June. The month of ripening. In Ucwalmicwts, the language of the Lil’wat, the word for June is:
View ArticleWord of the Week: Kalan Wi
Hey! Listen up! Kalan Wi! Today is National Aboriginal Day. The Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre has activities all day long, including an artisan market, outdoor BBQ and children’s crafts and...
View ArticleWord of the week: séxem
Sunflower: séxem Listen to the pronunciation of séxem, here. (From the Lil’wat Community First Voices portal.)
View ArticleWord of the Week: Ucwalmicwts
CUYSTWÍ MALH UCWALMÍCWTS – Let’s all go speak our Language! My 2 and 4 year old friends are learning Ucwalmicts at day-care. Ucwalmicts is the first language of the Lil’wat, and other Interior Salish...
View ArticleWord of the Week: K’ul’tsam
In UCWALMÍCWTS, the language of the Lil’wat Nation, this word means only taking what food is needed. In this article in Mountain Life magazine, Johnny Jones explains that this means taking from the...
View ArticleThe lowdown on the upcoming Wellness Gathering, October 25
Getting excited? That’s perfectly understandable…
View ArticleWord of the Week: Xat’min means Love
The Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre shared this, in the lead-up to Valentine’s Day, but we figured, it’s never too late to know the word for love. (It’s not as though we only need to practice love...
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