Qw'ó:ntl'an

English Etymology en hur Qw'ó:ntl'an. Proper noun sp en Kwantlen. en Sapperton Landing Park Parks & Recreation History of Park Sites and Facilities 2011 97 https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Sapperton_Landing_History.pdf The Qw’ó:ntl’an (Kwantlen), which means noble or high born, was one of the ancient tribes of the Stó:lô claiming the site of New Westminster as its ancestral home. At the beginning of time the transformer is said to have turned the original people living here into wolves and sent them into the woods, giving this land to the Qw’ó:ntl’an. https://web.archive.org/web/20250816013755/https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Sapperton_Landing_History.pdf 16 August 2025 en Audrey T. Lin, et al. The History of Coast Salish ‘Woolly Dogs’ Revealed by Ancient Genomics and Indigenous Knowledge Science 2023-12-14 382 6676 1303-1308 10.1126/science.adi65 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7615573/ High-status Qw’ó:ntl’an women are an example of those who trace their lineages from the woolly dog at a time when all beings were one family. Halkomelem Alternative forms hur Qw'ó:ltl'el Upriver hur q̓ʷa:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ Downriver Proper noun hur proper noun Kwantlen.