Líl'wat

noun

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

Meanings

nounLíl'wat sg or pl

alternative Líl̓wat

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

    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
    1 more example

    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
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