The Kyuquot/Cheklesath First Nation or First Nations
["Kyuquot/Cheklesath First Nations" which is the form used by Mowachaht/Muchalaht and Tla-o-quiaht governments-] (officially Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k:tles7et'h' First Nation) is a
modern treaty government located on the west coast of
Vancouver Island
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in
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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. It is a member of the
Maa-nulth Treaty Society The Maa-nulth First Nations, also known as First Nations of Maa-nulth Treaty Society, is a First Nations in Canada, First Nations Treaty Society of Nuu-chah-nulth people, Nuu-chah-nulth nations on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Member Nations
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and the
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council is a First Nations Tribal Council in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The organization is based in Port Alberni, British Columbia.
History
The Nuu-chah- ...
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Before 1951, Both the Kyuquot First Nation and the Cheklesath First Nation were separately managed and funded by the then Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. The Cheklesath people were very few in numbers and were not receiving adequate funding for housing and infrastructure from the federal government's Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.
The Chekleset chiefs and elders met with the Kyuquot chiefs and elders to ask if their people could live amongst the Kyuquot people. The Kyuquot chiefs and elders agreed to allow the Cheklesath to live on Č'axwataqt (Mission Island), but were not granted any rights in Kyuquot affairs. They were to remain a separate nation until conditions warranted their return to their own territory.
See also
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Checleset Bay
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Kyuquot, British Columbia
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Kyuquot Sound Kyuquot Sound is a complex of coastal inlets, bays and islands on northwestern Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The sound is named after the Kyuquot people, who are of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples by culture and language ...
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Nuu-chah-nulth people
The Nuu-chah-nulth (; Nuučaan̓uł: ), also formerly referred to as the Nootka, Nutka, Aht, Nuuchahnulth or Tahkaht, are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast in Canada. The term Nuu-chah-nulth is used to describe fifte ...
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Nuu-chah-nulth language
Nuu-chah-nulth (), Nootka (), is a Wakashan language in the Pacific Northwest of North America on the west coast of Vancouver Island, from Barkley Sound to Quatsino Sound in British Columbia by the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples. Nuu-chah-nulth is a ...
References
External links
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
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Nuu-chah-nulth governments
Kyuquot Sound region