Lil'wat First Nation

Lil'wat First Nation
Band No. 557
PeopleStʼatʼimc
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Population (2022)[1]
On reserve1483
On other land88
Off reserve687
Total population2258
Website
https://lilwat.ca/
Squamish Lilwat Carving at the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre
Lil'wat baskets at the UBC Museum of Anthropology

The Lil'wat First Nation (Lillooet: líl̓watǝmx),[2] a.k.a. the Lil'wat Nation or the Mount Currie Indian Band, is a First Nation band government located in the southern Coast Mountains region of the Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a member of the Lillooet Tribal Council, which is the largest grouping of band governments of the St'at'imc or Stl'atl'imx people (a.k.a. the Lillooet people).[3] Other St'at'imc governments include the smaller In-SHUCK-ch Nation on the lower Lillooet River to the southwest, and the independent N'quatqua First Nation at the near end of Anderson Lake from Mount Currie, which is the main reserve of the Lil'wat First Nation, and also one of the largest Indian reserves by population in Canada.[citation needed]

The Lil'wat First Nation's offices are located at Mount Currie, British Columbia, about 5 miles east of Pemberton, British Columbia, which is also located in the Lillooet River valley. Mount Currie is also about 20 miles "as the crow flies" from the luxury destination resort of Whistler, British Columbia.

  1. ^ "First Nation Profiles". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 14 November 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  2. ^ https://lingpapers.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2018/01/Van_Eijk_Lillooet-English-Dictionary1-1.pdf
  3. ^ Lil'wat Nation website