Events and Featured Experiences

June 2025

Celebrate National Indigenous History Month during June with the spirit of Skw̲xw̲ú7mesh and Líl̓wat7úl at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre in Whistler. Connect with Cultural Ambassadors as they share craft workshops, art, performances, storytelling, and guided tours, throughout the month, and on National Indigenous Peoples Day – Saturday, June 21 – Whistler’s authentic Indigenous experience.

Saturday June 7
Saturday, June 21
Saturday, July 5
Saturday, August 2
Saturday, September 6

Join us on the first Saturday of each month this summer — including June 7, July 5, August 2, and September 6 from 10 am – 4 pm— for the Spo7ez Artist Market, celebrating the incredible talents of artisans from the Squamish Nation and Lil’wat Nation. The Spo7ez Artist Market will also be part of full-day immersive programming on National Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Saturday, June 21!

Join us for immersive craft workshops throughout June to celebrate Indigenous History Month!

Sunday, June 1, 10 am – Cedar Paddle Rattle Workshop
Wednesday, June 4, 3 pm – Buckskin Medicine Bag Workshop
Sunday, June 8, 10 am – 16″ Drum Making Workshop
Wednesday, June 11, 3 pm – Braided Leather Cuff Workshop
Sun, June 15, 3 pm – Braided Leather Cuff Workshop
Wednesday, June 18, 10 am – Buckskin Medicine Bag Workshop
Sunday, June 22, 3 pm – 10″ Drum Making Workshop
Wednesday, June 25, 3 pm – Cedar Paddle Rattle Workshop
Sunday, June 29, 10 am – Dreamcatcher Workshop

Experience authentic Indigenous experiences as part of Nourish Whistler in June!

Saturday, June 7, 3 am – 4:30 pm Nourish Whistler: Forest Walk & Tea
Saturday, June 14, 3 pm – 4:30 pm Nourish Whistler: Forest Walk & Tea
Saturday, June 28, 3 pm – 4:30 pm Nourish Whistler: Forest Walk & Tea

Saturday, June 28, 4:30 pm – 7 pm Nourish Whistler: Grillin’ n Chillin’ | SLCC Chefs at Station House on Alta Lake

This tour begins with a traditional welcome song inside the Cultural Centre followed by a fifteen minute film. Afterwards, guests visit our Interpretive Forest Trail, the Salish Stroll, where a knowledgeable Cultural Ambassador provides insight into the local flora and fauna in our shared territory. Guests will learn how the Nations used them for food, in our teas as preventative medicine, and how we transformed some into useful tools. This tour provides a glimpse of how our ancestors lived, and it showcases our intimate connection with our land.

Cost: Included with Museum Admission
Date and Time: 3 pm, Tuesday – Sunday during May and September, 7 days during June, July, August
This tour replaces the hourly What We Treaure Tour. Occasionally, we close early for private events, plan your visit at slcc.ca/visit

The feature exhibit shares how traditional knowledge and history were passed down from generation to generation through stories. Guests can experience storytelling, bold artwork, petroglyphs and pictographs showing the connection to the land of the Sk̲wx̲wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) territory and the Lil̓wat7úl (Lil’wat Nation) territory. Continuing the tradition of ancestors, these stories tell meaningful connections to the land, anchoring families to specific areas throughout time and strengthening their identities.

Beginning May 10, 2025, throughout spring and summer, Cultural Ambassadors will share a special feature Legends of the Land Tour at 11 am, beginning with a welcome song, and live storytelling within the exhibit space in Gallery 3, and is included with admission.

The SLCC welcomes guests to see the new Lil’wat Story Pole carved by Master Carver Jonathan Joe, Apprentice Redmond Q̓áwam̓ Andrews, and Todd Edmonds, at the entrance to the SLCC on Lorimer Road in Whistler, where it now stands alongside the Squamish House Post carved by Xwalacktun and Brandon Hall of the Squamish Nation in 2023.

Open May 10 – Spring 2025

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.