Long before the first settlers sailed their tall ships up Burrard Inlet, Chief Dan George’s ancestors crossed the mountains and settled on the wooded shores of the Inlet. They were a large and powerful tribe called the Tsleil-Waututh, which means “People of the inlet”.
To read more of their story, please see their website.
The Society acknowledges that the land of the Seymour Communities is the unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We continue to learn and celebrate the culture, history, stories, and people of the Tsleil-Waututh.
