Wet'suwet'en

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Wet'suwet'en pl (plural only)

  1. A First Nations people of the northwestern Central Interior of British Columbia.
    • 2021 November 4, Kate Partridge, “Wet'suwet'en members prepare for winter, plan to stay until Coastal GasLink work halted permanently”, in CBC News‎[1]:
      It's been more than 40 days since Wet'suwet'en members and supporters occupied a Coastal GasLink work site near the Wedzin Kwa (Morice River) — and despite multiple arrests, they say they're determined to stay put until Coastal GasLink permanently halts work on their territory.

Proper noun

Wet'suwet'en

  1. A dialect of the Babine-Witsuwitʼen language.
    • 2023, Sarah Panofsky, et al., “The Wet’suwet’en Nation’s Mobilization of Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy: An Exploratory Study”, in The Counseling Psychologist‎[2]:
      She is fluent in the Wet’suwet’en language and has been working on language and traditional ways revitalization since the 1970’s.
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