Committed to Equity

Designed by Ovila Mailhot (January 2023)

Il stl’i kw’els spipetstexw kw’eset ite

xwelmexwelh stexwlaq temexws ye Stó:lō mestiyexw.

Mission Public School District is located on the Traditional, Ancestral, Unsurrendered, and Shared territories of Stó:lō people, of Leq’á:mel, Semá:th, Máthxwi, Sq’éwlets and Qwó:ltl’el First Nations, stewards of this land since time immemorial.

Halq’eméylem is the language of this land and of Stó:lō ancestors. The place from where Halq’eméylem (Upriver dialect) originates is Leq’á:mel. The language comes from the land, and it has been this way since time immemorial.

Video & Audio of Malila sharing the Land Acknowledgment in Halq’eméylem: