About XÁ:YTEM
"I'm very happy to see the people come up to Hatzic to see this rock and this place here where a long time ago our ancestors used to live."
---- Stó:lo Elder James Louie speaking at XÁ:YTEM, September 1991
One of the things that makes XÁ:YTEM unique is the blending of science with Native oral tradition. At XÁ:YTEM students are afforded an opportunity not
only to see archaeology in action but also to explore the science of archaeology for themselves.
Archaeological evidence from XÁ:YTEM is physical testimony of long term Stó:lo presence, cultural traditions and spirituality. It also demonstrates that
ancestors of the Stó:lo were a socially developed sedentary society of people who fished for salmon, systematically harvested the forests, traded over
great distances and practiced a life rich in ceremony.
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