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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...

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Word of the Week – iqwelq̓wel

It’s June. The month of ripening. In Ucwalmicwts, the language of the Lil’wat, the word for June is:

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Word 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...

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Word of the week: séxem

Sunflower: séxem Listen to the pronunciation of séxem, here. (From the Lil’wat Community First Voices portal.)

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Word 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...

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Word 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...

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The lowdown on the upcoming Wellness Gathering, October 25

Getting excited? That’s perfectly understandable…

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Event: Halloween Double Feature, grades 8-12, Oct 27

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Word 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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