The Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre is proud to host Our Living Languages: First Peoples’ Voices in BC, a travelling exhibition. The interactive exhibition from the Royal BC Museum in partnership with the First Peoples’ Cultural Council, showcases the resilience and diversity of Indigenous languages in...
Gallery 2 - September 30th, 2021 - Spring, 2022 Reflect, Recognize, Grow After a class-action lawsuit with the government of Canada, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was formed as a means of reckoning with the devastating legacy of forced assimilation and abuse left by the residential school...
Boarder X On now - September 22, 2021 The Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre presents Boarder X, a compilation of interdisciplinary contemporary art by Indigenous artists from across Canada who surf, skate and snowboard. Boarder X presents these practices as challenges to conformity and status quo, demonstrating knowledge...
Noisecat's initial concept sketch. In conjunction with representing his feature solo exhibition Sqātsza7 Tmicw – Father Land, Ed Archie NoiseCat was an artist in residence in 2020 for the summer carving of a twenty-foot cedar pole with Lil'wat apprentice Qawam Redmond Andrews. Located on our Mezzanine Patio,...
Part II of Spo7ez Workhouse (2017 exhibit), the Summer Regalia Series is an extension of the union of our two Nations....
Beginning in August 2020, the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre hosted a feature artist exhibition in our temporary gallery space. Sqātsza7 Tmicw – Father Land, displayed a collection of art pieces that showcased the multi-disciplinary genres of Ed Archie NoiseCat that include limited edition print, woodcarving,...
The AMBASSADORS Exhibition highlights the strong connection between our cultures, our centre, and each other....
The Honouring the Gifts of our Forest Exhibition highlights the relationship between animals, people and the land....
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The exhibition introduces visitors to residential schools but it does not tell the whole story. It is a starting for the students that attended the schools to tell their story. The exhibition promotes public awareness understanding and education of the history and legacy of residential...