Editing Stʼatʼimc (section)

{{Short description|Salishan ethnic group of British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = St{{hamza}}at{{hamza}}imc
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| native_name_lang = 
| languages = [[English language|English]], [[Lillooet language|St{{hamza}}at{{hamza}}imcets]]
| religions = [[Christianity]], [[Animism]], other
| related_groups = other [[Interior Salish]]-speaking peoples
| regions = [[Canada]] ([[British Columbia]])
| population = 3,837 (2023) <ref>https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/lower-stl-atl-imx-tribal-council</ref>
| rawimage = File:Charles Gentile-Lillooet Indians (cropped).jpg
}}
The '''St{{hamza}}at{{hamza}}imc''' ({{IPA|lil|ˈʃt͡ɬʼæt͡ɬʼemx}}), also known as the '''Lillooet''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɪ|l|u|ɛ|t}}), St̓át̓imc, or Stl{{hamza}}atl{{hamza}}imx ({{IPAc-en|s|l|æ|t|ˈ|l|iː|ə|m}}), are an [[Interior Salish]] people located in the southern [[Whale Mountains]] and [[Fraser Canyon]] region of the [[British Columbia Interior|Interior]] of the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]].[[File:Stl'atl'imx tray (UBC-2010).jpg|thumb|St{{hamza}}at{{hamza}}imc tray at [[UBC Museum of Anthropology]] ]]
St{{hamza}}at{{hamza}}imc culture displayed many features typical of [[Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast|Northwest Coast peoples]]: the [[potlatch]], clan names, mythology, prestige afforded the wealthy and generous, and [[totem pole]]s in some communities, especially in the [[Lil{{hamza}}wat First Nation]] (''Lil{{hamza}}wat7ul''), whose tribal lands and trade routes in the [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler Valley]] and [[Green River (British Columbia)|Green River Valley]] overlapped with those of the [[Squamish First Nation]], a [[Coast Salish people]].<ref>[http://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Lillooet.html Lillooet]</ref> Today they total about 6259.