HLCS Theatre

Hul’q’umi’num’ Heroes: Reclaiming language through theatre
We speak Hul’q’umi’num’, a Coast Salish language spoken along the shores of the Salish Sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Since 2016, we have been learning theatre from Professor Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta and her team from the University of Victoria.
Drama has been part of our studies as we earn our BA and MA degrees in Indigenous languages from Simon Fraser University.
Thanks for funding
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Aboriginal Community Based Training Partnerships Program
First Peoples’ Cultural Council
Simon Fraser University
University of Victoria
For more information: sqwal.hwulmuhwqun.ca/
Hul’q’umi’num’, Coast Salish Theatre, Hul'q'umi'num' Language & Culture Society,
Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta
m’i nuw’ilum ’i’ ta’ult tthu hul’q’umi’num’!
Come on in and learn some Hul’q’umi’num’!
We are Coast Salish. Our home is along the Salish Sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, and the neighboring islands. The Hul’q’umi’num’ dialect is spoken by the Snaw-naw-as, Snuneymuxw, Stz’uminus, Penelakut, Halalt, Quw’utsun’, and Malahat people and their relatives living among the neighbouring Coast Salish peoples.