MEMBER NATIONS
We work together as one, in unity and collaboration with our member communities.
Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council serves 10 Coast Salish member Nations, located on Vancouver Island and the BC Coast.
Homalco First Nation
Traditional Language: Ayʔaǰuθɛm
Lands:
Homalco, or Xwémalhkwu, are known as “the people of the fast-running waters,” and their land runs from Dent Island, just north of Sonora Island, travels over to Raza Passage, and extends over the entire Bute Inlet.
There are 450 people registered with the Homalco Band today.
Klahoose First Nation
Traditional Language: Ayʔaǰuθɛm
Lands:
Occupying traditional territories that span from Cortes Island to Toba Inlet, the Klahoose Nation has existed since time before memory. Their primary village site, Squirrel Cove, is home to approximately seventy-five full-time residents who live and work on Cortes Island and in the surrounding areas. The remaining three hundred and nine members reside off reserve in coastal communities in the lower mainland and in Washington State.
K'ómoks First Nation
Traditional Language: Ayʔaǰuθɛm
Lands:
tuwa akʷs χoχoɬ ʔa xʷ yiχmɛtɛt (ʔa) kʷʊms hɛhaw tʊms gɩǰɛ -“Care takers of the ‘land of plenty’ since time immemorial”
The people called K’ómoks today referred to themselves as Sahtloot, Sasitla, Ieeksun and Puntledge. They lived in Salmon River, Quinsam and Campbell Rivers, Quadra Island, Kye Bay, Comox Harbour and estuary, Baynes Sound, and many other locations throughout the territory.
Malahat Nation
Traditional Language: SENĆOŦEN, Hul’q’umi’num’
Lands:
The Me’ le’ xelh Mustimuhw (Malahat Nation) are building an impressive portfolio as they fulfill a community mandate of sustainable prosperity for their members.They reside on their traditional lands near Mill Bay, Goldstream and the Highlands.
Snaw-naw-as First Nation
Traditional Language: Hul’q’umi’num’
Lands:
The Snaw-naw-as is the name for the people, after the sole survivor of a battle in the 1800’s. They are located in Nanoose Bay, BC. The community is often known as the Nanoose First Nation, along with 18 other tribes in the Salish Sea, are Coast Salish people, and one of the most northern tribes on the east side of Vancouver Island.
Stz'uminus First Nation
Traditional Language: Halq'eméylem, hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, Hul’q’umi’num’
Lands:
Coast Salish People who have lived around the Salish Sea for thousands of years. The traditional territory on east Vancouver Island includes four reserves of more than 1,200 hectares, much of it bordering the Strait of Georgia and Ladysmith Harbour. The Nation has 1,300 members with about half living on our reserves.
T'sou-ke Nation
Traditional Language: SENĆOŦEN
Lands:
In the SENĆOŦEN language, the word T’Sou-ke is the name of the Stickleback fish that live in the estuary of the river. The two T’Sou-ke reserves are on 67 hectares around the Sooke Basin on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Most members live on the southern 41-hectare reserve while the offices are on the 26-acre reserve along the main road between Sooke and Victoria.The total registered T’Sou-ke population was 251 as of February 2013.
Tla'amin Nation
Traditional Language: Ayʔaǰuθɛm
Lands:
The Tla'amin Nation (formerly known as the Sliammon First Nation) is located on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, just north of Powell River.
Tsawwassen First Nation
Traditional Language: hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓
Lands:
The Tsawwassen traditional territory is bordered by the watersheds that feed into Pitt Lake, down to Pitt Meadows and the Fraser River. It includes Burns Bog and part of New West, following the River south of Sea Island, west across the Salish Sea to Galiano Island and includes Saltspring, Pender and Saturna Islands. The territory includes the Point Roberts Peninsula and the the Serpentine and Nicomeckl rivers. They have 491 Members.
Tsleil-Waututh Nation
Traditional Language: hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓
Lands:
The Tsleil-Waututh Nation is one of many groups of Coast Salish peoples living in the Pacific Northwest, throughout British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. The knowledge of the lands and waters of the territory has shaped the people.