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'''X̱wáýx̱way''' ([[Squamish language|Squamish]] {{IPA-sal|χʷajχʷaj}}) or '''x̌ʷay̓x̌ʷəy̓ ''' ([[Halkomelem]] {{IPA-sal|χʷajˀχʷəjˀ}}), rendered in English as Xway xway and Whoiwhoi,<ref>Barman, Jean (2007) [2005]''Stanley Park's Secret: The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch and Brockton Point''. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing. p. 21. {{ISBN|978-1-55017-420-5}}.</ref><ref>Suttles, Wayne (2004) "Musqueam Reference Grammar." Vancouver: UBC Press. p. 571</ref> is a [[Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast|First Nations]] village site, located in what is now [[Stanley Park]] in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada.  The village was located on the eastern peninsula of the park, near what is now [[Lumberman's Arch]].  The village was home for many [[Squamish people|Squamish]], [[Musqueam]] and [[Tsleil-Waututh First Nation|Tsleil-waututh]] people, but after European colonization began in the Vancouver area, the inhabitants were forced to re-locate to nearby villages.  The village was named for a mask ceremony; thus, the best translation of ''x̱wáýx̱way'' would be "masked dance performance".
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== History ==

X̱wáýx̱way is estimated to have been inhabited for more than 3000 years.  It was one of many villages on the shores of [[Burrard Inlet]] around present-day [[Vancouver]].  The abundant resources in these lands were used by [[Squamish people|Squamish]], [[Musqueam]], and [[Tsleil-Waututh First Nation|Tsleil-waututh]] peoples.  X̱wáýx̱way was one of the prominent villages in the area, hosting many [[Coast Salish peoples#Architecture|houses]]; each was occupied by a large extended family.

By the late 1800s, X̱wáýx̱way was the largest settlement in what is now [[Stanley Park]].<ref name=Kherajhistorical>{{cite web| last =Kheraj| first =Sean| title =Historical Overview of Stanley Park| publisher =Stanley Park Ecology Society| url =http://stanleyparkecology.ca/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/02/SOPEI-Historical-Overview-of-Stanley-Park.pdf| access-date = 2017-02-20}}</ref>  In the village, a big house or [[longhouse]] measured at 60 meters long and near 20 meters wide.  The structure was built with large cedar posts and slabs.  11 families lived in the house, numbering around 100 people.  A large [[potlatch]], a ceremonial event conducted by wealthy families, was held at this house in 1875.  This event is also mentioned in the city council meeting minutes, where the medical health officer recommended the destruction of the buildings because of a smallpox outbreak, says Eric McLay, president of the Archeology Society of B.C.

With colonial British expansion from the east following the opening of the transcontinental railroad in 1886, Vancouver started to boom in population.  What is now [[Stanley Park]] was made a military reservation in 1859.  The native inhabitants of Vancouver, including those living in X̱wáýx̱way and nearby [[Senakw]], were seen as an impediment to development, and were removed to reserves.   This process was facilitated by the passage of the [[Indian Act]] in 1876.  In the 1880s, surveyors and road builders demolished X̱wáýx̱way to create the Park Drive perimeter road.<ref name=Kherajhistorical/>  In a 1934 conversation with archivist Major J.S. Matthews, [[August Jack Khatsahlano]] related to his childhood when he lived in the area. "We was inside this house when the surveyors come along and they chop the corner of our house when we was eating inside...  We all get up and go outside see what was the matter. My sister Louise, she was only one talk a little English; she goes out ask Whiteman what's he doing that for. The man say, 'We're surveying the road. My sister ask him, "'Whose road?"<ref>[https://www.pressreader.com/canada/vancouver-sun/20070317/281844344180216 "Before Stanley Park," Vancouver Sun, 17 Mar 2007]</ref>

Local anthropologist Charles Hill-Tout noted several skeletons were found during an excavation near X̱wáýx̱way.  In the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh tradition, the deceased were placed in specially made [[bentwood]] boxes, and placed high in trees.  Some individuals or families of high social standing would be placed in cedar dugout canoes.

[[Squamish Nation]] chief Ian Cambell proposed in 2010 that [[Stanley Park]] be renamed Xwayxway Park after the name of this village.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/natives-urge-stanley-park-name-change-1.950948| title = Natives urge Stanley Park name change {{!}} CBC News}} </ref>

== See also ==
* [[August Jack Khatsahlano]]
* [[List of Squamish villages]]

==Footnotes==
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==References==
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* Barman, Jean (2007) [2005]. ''Stanley Park's Secret: The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch and Brockton Point''. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-55017-420-5}}.
*Shore, Randy. ''Before Stanley Park: First nations sites lie scattered throughout the area''. The Vancouver Sun, March 17, 2007. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100729025940/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=4286a015-9cbf-43ae-827f-00c5c5eae3f0&k=34270&p=1%29 Retrieved Thursday, January 24th, 2008.]
*Suttles, Wayne. (2004). "Musqueam Reference Grammar." Vancouver: UBC Press. {{ISBN|0-7748-1002-5}}.

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==External links==
*[http://www.squamish.net/ Squamish Nation]
*[http://www.musqueam.bc.ca/musqueam-our-history-web-map]

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