SENCOTEN

He is Dave Elliott Sr.’s son and a widely respected teacher of the SENCOTEN language of the WSANEC peoples (Tsartlip, Pauquachin, Tseycum and Tsawout). He will be one of the keynote speakers at the Douglas Treaties conference, sharing about pre-colonial ways of life, along with Nick Claxton, a Tsawout member and UVic professor who will speak about the resurgence of reef-net fishing.

2017 February 19, Sarah Petrescu, “Lost in translation: The Douglas treaties”, in Times Colonist

Mount Newton is next on the list of Greater Victoria landmarks that First Nations want to see restored to their traditional names. The Saanich, or Wsanec, tribes know the mountain as Lau,Welnew, which means place of refuge in the Sencoten language.

2013 May 26, Judith Lavoie, “Mount Newton, known as Lau,Welnew to First Nations, next on name-change list”, in Times Colonist

For the first time since they were signed 170 years ago, the Douglas Treaties have been translated into the indigenous languages of the Sencoten and Lekwungen First Nations of Vancouver Island.

2017 February 24, “Douglas Treaties translated into indigenous languages of Vancouver Island for first time”, in CBC News