 In the 1950s, Dutch linguist Aert H. Kuipers worked on the first comprehensive grammar of the Squamish language, later published as "The Squamish Language" (1967).In 1968, the British Columbia Language Project undertook more documentation of the Squamish language and culture.Randy Bouchard and Dorothy Kennedy, the main collaborators on this project, devised the writing system presently used for Squamish.