The word Coqualeetza is anglicized from the Halq’eméylem word Qw’oqw’elith’a meaning ‘clubbing’. During the subsistence era, the Stó꞉lō washed clothing by clubbing it in the streams with a wooden mallet. The Coqualeetza site is known as a cleansing place.
Visit our Gift Shop for Stó꞉lō Nation handcrafted artwork and merchandise. All our products are made by local Indigenous artists.
The Centre provides educational kits for public and First Nation schools, facilitates cultural and educational events workshops.
Coqualeetza has impacted youth through the development and publishing of educational materials for the public schools.
We aim to strengthen communication and cultural awareness between the Stó꞉lō and the public through networking, partnership and the media.
We continue to provide space for weekly Stó:lō Elders to gather to share their knowledge, their family histories, to participate in community activities, to socialize, and to share a meal.
We continue enhancing the CCEC Archives by adapting to digitization methods for multimedia; audio recordings, video recording, photographs, slides, and historical documents.
We continue learning and applying new methods of conservation and preservation of CCEC artifacts and Salish Weavings of wool, bark and root materials.
We assist in creating and providing Halq’eméylem language and Stó꞉lō culture education resources, publications, and workshop activities.
We engage and promote local First Nation artists and crafters with social enterprise through our non-profit Gift Shop where they can consign their handcrafted items.
