Larry Grant (elder)
Larry Grant | |||||||||||||
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| sʔəyəɬəq 洪禮興 | |||||||||||||
Grant in 2023 | |||||||||||||
| Born | September 1, 1936 Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||
| Occupations | Educator, linguist, band councillor | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 洪禮興 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 洪礼兴 | ||||||||||||
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| Halkomelem | sʔəyəɬəq | ||||||||||||
Elder Larry Grant (Halkomelem: sʔəyəɬəq; Chinese: 洪禮興) is a Musqueam and Chinese-Canadian elder, educator, adjunct professor, mechanic, longshoreman, and cultural consultant.
Grant serves as manager for the Musqueam language and culture department, and works towards revitalizing the hən̓q̓əmín̓əm̓ (Downriver Halkomelem) language. He serves as an adjunct professor for the University of British Columbia's First Nations and Endangered Languages Program. His work with hən̓q̓əmín̓əm̓ aided in providing dual-language names as well as new names to several locations in Vancouver.