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History
The Lillooet language (St'at'imcets) is severely endangered. In 2016, only 16 people reported St'at'imcets as their mother tongue.

Revitalization Efforts
In 1972, Jan Van Eijk began compiling phonological and orthographic information on the Lillooet language. Using this research, Van Eijk published a complete Lillooet-English dictionary in 1997 that is still available and in use today. Currently, researchers at The University of British Columbia are compiling an English-Lillooet dictionary, aimed at Lillooet First Nations wishing to learn St'at'imcets as a second language.

The "Clao7alcw" (Raven's Nest) language nest program at Mount Currie, home of the Lil’wat, is conducted in the Lil’wat language."

As of 2014, "the Coastal Corridor Consortium— an entity made up of board members from First Nations and educational partners to improve aboriginal access to and performance in postsecondary education and training— ... [has] developed a Lil’wat-language program."

History
The St'at'imc had several types of dwellings—long plank houses, semi-subterranean homes for the winter (called sʔitskən), and summer bark- or mat-covered lodges, not unlike those at the Keatley Creek Archaeological Site. Salmon and other fish were the basis of the economy, and numerous animals (bear, sheep, caribou, deer, and small mammals) were hunted and trapped, and berries and fruit were gathered.

Conflict
Warfare with other groups was unusual, with intensive intertribal trade the more typical state of affairs. Tsilhqot’in-St’at’imc war was one brutal war to the St’at’imc for their Survival as nation. The Tsilhqot’in to the St'at'imc were a raiding tribe, they raided all the 11 bands of the St'at'imc and took women and children as slaves. Both nations met at many roots (Graveyard Valley) in the St’at’imc territory which the St'at'imc were victorious. Chief In-Kick-Tee (Hunter Jack) was the warchief in that battle and made peace treaty in 1845.