Líl̓wat

alternative Lil'wat

1. pluralsingularLillooet (people) in particular from Mount Currie in the Lower Lillooet River Valley.

   Two Qw̓elqw̓elústen story threads are intertwined below, both of them observational and interpretive: one geological and the other preserved by Líl̓wat oral traditions.

   2024 May 23, Michael C. Wilson, Bill Angelbeck, and Johnny Jones / Yaqalatqa7, “Líl̓wat oral traditions of Qw̓elqw̓elústen (Mount Meager): Indigenous records of volcanic eruption, outburst flood, and landscape change in southwest British Columbia”, in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, →DOI

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   Here, we share our experiences as researchers moving through the worlds of the Líl̓wat people of British Columbia, Canada, learning reciprocal and relational ways of engaging with forests.

   2022, Emily Doyle-Yamaguchi, Tonya Smith, “Listening watchfully: Following the Líl̓wat pathway towards reciprocal and relational forest research in Líl̓wat Indigenous Territory, British Columbia, Canada”, in Routledge Handbook of Community Forestry, Routledge, →DOI, page 289

   According to a study by Líl̓wat and UBC Forestry researchers, this has contributed to what they identify as a form of ‘slow violence’— an erosive force on the territory which leads to negative impacts on the traditional foods and cultural practices of Líl̓wat Nation.

   2024 January 16, “Protecting Líl̓wat Food Sovereignty”, in UBC Forestry