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Hul’q’umi’num’ / Halq’eméylem / hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓
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Hul’q’umi’num’ / Halq’eméylem / hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓
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Hul’q’umi’num’ (Island)
Halq'eméylem (Upriver) ~ Halkomelem
hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Downriver)
Population
18235
Fluent Speakers
93
Understanding or speak somewhat
767
Learning Speakers
1238
Source:
Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages 2018
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Communities
42
Public Arts
52
Organization
16
Artists
61
Points Of Interest
9
Grants
93
Community
Aitchelitz Band
Community
BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin)
Community
Chawathil First Nation
Community
Cheam First Nation
Community
Cowichan Tribes
Community
Halalt First Nation
Community
Katzie First Nation
Community
Kwantlen First Nation
Community
Kwaw-kwaw-apilt First Nation
Community
Kwikwetlem First Nation
Community
Lake Cowichan First Nation
Community
Leq’a:mel First Nation
Community
Lyackson First Nation
Community
MÁLEXEȽ (Malahat First Nation)
Community
Matsqui First Nation
Community
Penelakut Tribe
Community
Peters First Nation
Community
Popkum First Nation
Community
Qayqayt First Nation
Community
Qualicum First Nation
Community
Scia’new (Beecher Bay)
Community
Scowlitz First Nation
Community
Seabird Island Band
Community
Shxwhá:y Village
Community
Shxw’owhamel First Nation
Community
Skawahlook First Nation
Community
Skowkale First Nation
Community
Skwah First Nation
Community
Snaw-naw-as First Nation
Community
Snuneymuxw First Nation
Community
Soowahlie Indian Band
Community
Squiala First Nation
Community
Sts'ailes (Chehalis Indian Band)
Community
Stz’uminus First Nation
Community
Sumas First Nation
Community
Tsawwassen First Nation
Community
Tsleil-Waututh Nation
Community
Tzeachten First Nation
Community
Union Bar Band
Community
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)
Community
Yakweakwioose Band
Community
Yale First Nation
Point Of Interest
Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre
Point Of Interest
Hiiye'yu Lelum (House of Friendship) Society
Point Of Interest
Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre
Point Of Interest
Quw'utsun Syuw’entst Lelum' Culture and Education Centre
Point Of Interest
Red River West Cultural Association
Point Of Interest
XÁ:YTEM Longhouse Interpretive Centre
Point Of Interest
Ruby Creek Art Gallery
Point Of Interest
Sto:lo Artisan Centre
Point Of Interest
Chawathil
Public Art
Traditional Hesquiaht Dugout Canoe
Public Art
BUKUS by Joshua Watts
Public Art
Shore to Shore
Public Art
Quench - Duncan Centennial Drinking Fountain 2012
Public Art
Heartbeat
Public Art
Time Immemorial
Public Art
Spirits of the Realms
Public Art
Nekú netsí kezhi
Public Art
The Spirit of Haida Gwaii: The Jade Canoe
Public Art
Successful Journey
Public Art
People Amongst the People Portal: Male and Female Welcome Figures
Public Art
People Amongst the People Portal: Grandparents and Grandchildren Honoured
Public Art
People Amongst the People Portal: Salish Dancer and Killer Whale
Public Art
Raven: Spirit of Transformation
Public Art
Rose Cole Yelton Memorial Totem Pole
Public Art
Centennial Totem Pole
Public Art
Sea to Sky
Public Art
Naa Tsmah
Public Art
Vitality
Public Art
Ravens
Public Art
Fish Trap Way
Public Art
Buttress Runnels
Public Art
Achieving a Dream
Public Art
Welcome Figures
Public Art
Musqueam Welcome Figures
Public Art
Flight (Spindle Whorl)
Public Art
Out of the Silence
Public Art
The Story of Fog Woman and Raven
Public Art
Orca Chief and the Kelp Forest
Public Art
King Salmon Housefront
Public Art
Authentic Aboriginal
Public Art
Transformation Mask
Public Art
A Distance Transformed
Public Art
Soo Gee Ghet
Public Art
Hetux
Public Art
The Rivers Monument
Public Art
Aboriginal day
Public Art
Raven Stealing the Beaver Lake
Public Art
Freedom to Move
Public Art
Sky to Sky (YVR)
Public Art
Snuw'uy'ulth
Public Art
Raven House Posts
Public Art
Lorne Balshine Inuit Art Collection
Public Art
Human Spirit
Public Art
Hugging the World
Public Art
Thunderbird and Killer Whale
Public Art
Human/Bear Masks
Public Art
Cedar Connection
Public Art
Celebrating Flight
Public Art
Chief of the Undersea World
Public Art
Reconciliation Pole
Public Art
Hupakwanum: The Chief's Treasure Box
organization
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
organization
Xa:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Centre
organization
Quw'utsun' Cultural and Conference Centre
organization
Coqualeetza Cultural Education Centre
organization
Musqueam Indian Band
organization
Red: Digital Media Lab Collective
organization
Savage Society
organization
Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association
organization
Syixcha'awt Gift Shop
organization
Full Circle: First Nations Performance
organization
Bill Reid Gallery
organization
MiLan Art Metis Cultural Exhibition at 1025 W Georgia st Vancouver RBC
organization
Surrey Art Gallery
organization
Kwhlii Gibaygum Nisga'a Dancers
organization
Native Education College
organization
Skwachàys Aboriginal Fair Trade Gallery
artist
Susan Point
artist
Cris Derkson
artist
Luke Marston
artist
Charles Henry
artist
Debra Sparrow
artist
Sharifah Marsden
artist
Maria E. Sampson
artist
Jared Deck
artist
julie Malloway
artist
Suzan Kostiuck
artist
Kristi Lane Sinclair
artist
Young Artist
artist
Jeanette Kotowich
artist
Beverley McEwan
artist
DJ Kwe as The Digital Storyteller (Crystal Favel)
artist
Sarah Roberts
artist
Rob Long
artist
Shirley Brown
artist
Crystal Favel
artist
Mia Hunt
artist
Tara-Lynn Kozma-Perrin
artist
Audrey L.A Morrison
artist
Tiffany Moses
artist
Avis O'Brien
artist
Wayne Wapeemukwa
artist
Kelly Roulette
artist
Jay Cardinal Villeneuve
artist
Angela Marston
artist
Alexis Lynn
artist
Alisa Bagshaw
artist
Ostwelve
artist
Scott Jacobs
artist
CJ Rice
artist
Charles Yaklin Silverfox
artist
Arlene Deptuck
artist
Brandon Gabriel
artist
Don Bonner
artist
Norine Braun
artist
Gillian Thomson
artist
Denita Gladeau
artist
Paula deMontigny
artist
Raymond Boisjoly
artist
Peter Robinson
artist
Sharifah T Marsden
artist
Victor Reece
artist
Troy Hunter
artist
Tina Taphouse
artist
Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun
artist
Craig Edwards
artist
Wal-aks Keane Tait
artist
Beau Wagner
artist
Joy Haskell
artist
KeAloha
artist
SHANNON MCKENNEY
artist
Jeanette
artist
Taryn Laronge
artist
Lou-ann Neel
artist
Caitlin Goulet
artist
sandra scofield
artist
Modern Formline
artist
Andrea Fritz
Tsleil-Waututh Nation - LALI 2015-16
Aboriginal Languages Initiative
2015
Sto:lo Nation - LALI 2015-16
Aboriginal Languages Initiative
2015
Chemainus Native College - LALI 2016-17
Aboriginal Languages Initiative
2016
Tsleil-Waututh Nation - LALI 2016-17
Aboriginal Languages Initiative
2016
Leq'a:mel First Nation - LALI 2017-18
Aboriginal Languages Initiative
2017
Kwantlen First Nation - LALI 2018-19
Aboriginal Languages Initiative
2018
Sts'ailes Band - LALI 2018-19
Aboriginal Languages Initiative
2018
Sto:lo Nation - LBCLI 2015-16
BC Language Initiative
2015
Coast Salish Employment Society - LBCLI 2016-17
BC Language Initiative
2016
Musqueam Indian Band - LBCLI 2016-17
BC Language Initiative
2016
Sto:lo Service Agency - LBCLI 2016-17
BC Language Initiative
2016
Leq'a:mel First Nation - LBCLI 2017-18
BC Language Initiative
2017
Kwikwetlem First Nation - LBCLI 2017-18
BC Language Initiative
2017
Tsleil-Waututh Nation - LBCLI 2017-18
BC Language Initiative
2017
Snuneymuxw First Nation - LBCLI 2017-18
BC Language Initiative
2017
Musqueam Indian Band - LBCLI 2017-18
BC Language Initiative
2017
Sto:lo Shxwell Halq'emeylem Language Program - LBCLI 2018-19
BC Language Initiative
2018
Coast Salish Employment and Training Society - LBCLI 2018-19
BC Language Initiative
2018
Cowichan Tribes - LBCLI 2018-19
BC Language Initiative
2018
Intertribal Health Authority - LBCLI 2018-19
BC Language Initiative
2018
Lake Cowichan First Nation - LBCLI 2018-19
BC Language Initiative
2018
Snuneymuxw First Nation - LBCLI 2018-19
BC Language Initiative
2018
Stz'uminus First Nation - LBCLI 2018-19
BC Language Initiative
2018
Sts’ailes Band - LBCLI 2018-19
BC Language Initiative
2018
Hulquminum Language and Culture Collective - LBCLI 2018-19
BC Language Initiative
2018
Kwikwetlem First Nation - LBCLI 2019-20
BC Language Initiative
2019
Hul'q'umi'num' Language & Culture Society - LBCLI 2019-20
BC Language Initiative
2019
Tsawwassen First Nation - LBCLI 2019-20
BC Language Initiative
2019
Lake Cowichan First Nation - LBCLI 2019-20
BC Language Initiative
2019
Nanoose First Nations - LBCLI 2019-20
BC Language Initiative
2019
Snuneymuxw First Nation - LBCLI 2019-20
BC Language Initiative
2019
Coqualeetza Cultural Education - LBCLI 2019-20
BC Language Initiative
2019
Cowichan Tribes - LBCLI 2019-20
BC Language Initiative
2019
Intertribal Health Authority - LBCLI 2019-20
BC Language Initiative
2019
Stz'uminus First Nation - LBCLI 2019-20
BC Language Initiative
2019
Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness - LBCLI 2019-20
BC Language Initiative
2019
Leq'a:mel First Nation - LBCLI 2019-20
BC Language Initiative
2019
Sts'ailes Band - LBCLI 2019-20
BC Language Initiative
2019
Stolo Research and Resources - LDIGI 2019-20
Digitization Program
2019
Nanoose First Nations - LDIGI 2019-20
Digitization Program
2019
Sto:lo Shxweli Halq’emeylem Language Program - LFV 2017-18
FirstVoices Program
2017
Stz'uminus First Nation - LFV 2017-18
FirstVoices Program
2017
Stz'uminus First Nation - LFV 2019-20
FirstVoices Program
2019
Sto:Lo Service Agency - LFV 2019-20
FirstVoices Program
2019
Sto:Lo Service Agency - LILG 2019-20
Indigenous Languages Grant
2019
Hul'q'umi'num' Language & Culture Society - LILG 2019-20
Indigenous Languages Grant
2019
Kwantlen First Nation - LILG 2019-20
Indigenous Languages Grant
2019
Sts'ailes Band - LILG 2019-20
Indigenous Languages Grant
2019
Skwah First Nation - LILG 2019-20
Indigenous Languages Grant
2019
Seabird Island Band - LILG 2019-20
Indigenous Languages Grant
2019
Seabird Island Band - LLN 2016-17
Language Nest Program
2016
Hulq’umi’num’ Language & Culture Collective Society - LLN 2018-19
Language Nest Program
2018
Cowichan Tribes - LLN 2018-19
Language Nest Program
2018
Cowichan Tribes - LLN 2019-20
Language Nest Program
2019
Hul'q'umi'num' Language & Culture Society - LLN 2019-20
Language Nest Program
2019
Katzie First Nation - LLRPP 2015-16
Language Revitalization Planning Program
2015
Malahat Nation - LLRPP 2016-17
Language Revitalization Planning Program
2016
Malahat Nation - LLRPP 2017-18
Language Revitalization Planning Program
2017
Kwantlen First Nation - LLRPP 2018-19
Language Revitalization Planning Program
2018
Sto:lo Service Agency - LLRPP 2018-19
Language Revitalization Planning Program
2018
Seabird Island Community School - LLRPP 2018-19
Language Revitalization Planning Program
2018
Penelakut Island Elementary School - LLRPP 2018-19
Language Revitalization Planning Program
2018
Hul’q’umi’num’ Language & Culture Collective Society - LLRPP 2018-19
Language Revitalization Planning Program
2018
Aboriginal Life in Vancouver Enhancement Society - LLRPP 2019-20
Language Revitalization Planning Program
2019
Seabird Island Community School - LLRPP 2019-20
Language Revitalization Planning Program
2019
Adam Manson / Gary Manson - LMAP 2015-16
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2015
Carol Louie / Donalda Louie - LMAP 2015-16
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2015
Adam Manson / Gary Manson - LMAP 2016-17
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2016
Amanda Elliot / Fred Elliott - LMAP 2016-17
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2016
Paul Wyse-Seward / Thomas Jones / Verna Jones - LMAP 2017-18
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2017
Christina Williams / Vivian Williams - LMAP 2018-19
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2018
Pearl Harris / Theresa Rice - LMAP 2018-19
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2018
Margaret Seymour / Bernard David - LMAP 2018-19
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2018
Lillian Morton / Gary Manson - LMAP 2018-19
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2018
Jerome Crocker / Mabel Mitchell - LMAP 2018-19
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2018
Alexandra Charlie / Violet George - LMAP 2018-19
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2018
Gina-Mae Harris / Ray Harris - LMAP 2018-19
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2018
Rae Anne Claxton and Sarah Modeste - LMAP 2019-20
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2019
Roxanne George and Bibiana Norris - LMAP 2019-20
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2019
Steven Shaw and Samantha Williams - LMAP 2019-20
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2019
Wilma Canute and Mary Peter - LMAP 2019-20
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2019
Alexandra Charlie and Violet George - LMAP 2019-20
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2019
Bernard David and Margaret Seymour - LMAP 2019-20
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2019
Calvin Claxton and Florence James - LMAP 2019-20
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2019
Christina Williams and Vivian Williams - LMAP 2019-20
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2019
Elizabeth Phillips and Jonathan Williams - LMAP 2019-20
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2019
Gary Manson and Lillian Morton - LMAP 2019-20
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2019
Jerome Crocker and Virginia Mabel Mitchell - LMAP 2019-20
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2019
Myra Charlie and Kelly Hall - LMAP 2019-20
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2019
Pearl Harris (late) and Theresa Rice - LMAP 2019-20
Mentor-Apprentice Program
2019
Stz'uminus First Nation - LRML 2018-19
Reclaiming My Language Program
2018
Stz'uminus First Nation - LRML 2019-20
Reclaiming My Language Program
2019
Inter Tribal Services Association - LRML 2019-20
Reclaiming My Language Program
2019
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