Events

Monday September 30, 2024

Join us on Monday, September 30 in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We invite you to experience and connect with immersive programming and storytelling of Skwxwú7mesh and Líl̓wat7úl at the SLCC, the living culture of the original people of the shared territory where Whistler resides.

FREE ADMISSION thanks to Proud Partner CIBC and the Resort Municipality of Whistler

Friday, September 20, 12 pm – Sunday, September 29, 5 pm

Show your support for the SLCC Online Auction Fundraiser this September! Bid on over a hundred experiences and products donated by the Sea to Sky business community supporting cultural revitalization through the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC) in Whistler.

Thursday, September 27, 5 pm – 6:30 pm

Join us for an engaging Truth and Reconciliation experience with the Whistler Chamber of Commerce in the Great Hall of the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre – an incredible space for making connections, inspiring understanding, and collaboration in the Whistler business community.

Friday, September 27, 7 pm
Monday September 30, 3 pm

SUGARCANE the award-winning National Geographic Documentary film by Co-Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat (Tsq’escen/Lil’wat) and Emily Kassie will be shown on Friday September 27 at 7pm and Monday September 30, 3pm. The film is an epic cinematic portrait of a community and a stunning tribute to the resilience of Indigenous Peoples and their way of life. Set amidst a groundbreaking investigation, SUGARCANE illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and finding the strength to persevere.

Nation Members – please connect with us for a discount code at marketing@slcc.ca

Open July 10, 2024 – February 2, 2025

Explore the life and legacy of Tsleil-Waututh Chief Dan George—leader, writer, performer, and advocate for First Nations people. A Touring Exhibition created by MONOVA: Museum and Archives of North Vancouver.

The SLCC welcomes guests to experience the Summer Salish Carving Series 2024 featuring Lil’wat Nation Master Carver Jonathan Joe mentoring Apprentice Redmond Q̓áwam̓ Andrews. Join us to experience live carving Wednesday – Saturday until September 20, 2024, as they carve the story pole that will then rise to stand alongside the house post carved by Xwalacktun and Brandon Hall of the Squamish Nation in 2023 at the entrance to the SLCC on Lorimer Road in Whistler.

Admire the new carved house post now standing at the entrance to the SLCC Istken Hall on Lorimer Road. Carved by Master Carver Xwalacktun and Apprentice Brandon Hall, the house post honours the Hereditary Chiefs who came together to form the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) in 1923.

Open May 10 – Dec 1, 2024

This exhibition shares the history of the Chiefs of eleven communities that came together to sign the Declaration of the Lillooet Tribes, on May 10, 1911. These St̓at̓y̓emc Nation communities including the Lil’wat Nation share the same culture and language with Southern, Northern, and the Lakes dialects, and they gather together each year to celebrate Declaration Days.

The SLCC is proud to share authentic art and storytelling through the Go Whistler Tours App – created by Tourism Whistler and the Resort Municipality of Whistler. Thoughtfully curated by SLCC Curator Mixalhítsa7 Alison Pascal, the Art & Storytelling of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Líl̓wat7úl – walking tour weaves its way through the Village to nine locations that are culturally significant to the Squamish Nation and Lil’wat Nation starting at and returning to the SLCC.