The St’át’imc way of life is inseparable from the land. They are the original inhabitants of the “territory which extends north to Churn Creek and to South French Bar; northwest of the headwaters of Bridge River; north and east toward Hat Creek Valley; east to the Big Slide; South to the island of Harrison Lake and west of the Fraser River to the headwaters of the Lillooet River and Black Tusk” (statimc.net).

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Today they total about 6259 people located in the Southern Coast Mountains and Fraser Canyon region of the Interior of British Columbia. Their mission is to “develop and implement a governance structure for self-determination that will maintain social, traditional, economic and territorial integrity” (statimc.ca)