The Upper St'át'imc Language, Culture and Education Society

The Upper St'át'imc Language Culture and Education Society (USLCES) is comprised of people of the Xwisten (Bridge River), Sekw'elw'as (Cayoose Creek), T'ít'q'et (Lillooet), Xaxli'p (Fountain), Ts'kw'aylaxw (Pavilion), and Tsal'álh (Seton Lake) bands. The people of the six bands speak the Upper dialect of the St'át'imc language and reside within approximately a thirty-mile radius of the District Municipality of Lillooet in British Columbia. The Society has the support of the six band councils who appoint representatives to the USLCES Board of Directors.

As a registered charitable organization, USLCES has worked since 1991 on behalf of its First Nations communities and band councils to enhance and maintain St'át'imcets (St'át'imc language) and other cultural knowledge through education. Our organization has produced a language study, dictionary, phrasebook, CDs, DVD, storybooks, and language learning books to revitalize and preserve our language.