Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council is a First Nation Tribal Council

Tribal Council

A Tribal Council is either: an association of Native American bands in the United States or First Nations governments in Canada, or the governing body for certain tribes within the United States or elsewhere...

 located in British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

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, with offices in Tsawwassen and Nanaimo. NmTC advises and assists its 11 member Nations in the areas of Community Planning, Economic Development

Economic development

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, Financial Management, Governance

Governance

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 and Technical Services (which includes community infrastructure, capital projects, housing development and inspections, water quality and emergency preparedness.) NmTC is also actively involved in fostering dialogue

Dialogue

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 and understanding between its members and their neighbouring communities.

The member Nations of the region span the Strait of Georgia

Strait of Georgia

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, touch the Strait of Juan de Fuca and encompass eastern and southern Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

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, the Lower Mainland

Lower Mainland

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 and the Sunshine Coast.

The head office of the Tribal Council is on Snuneymuxw First Nation

Snuneymuxw First Nation

The Snuneymuxw First Nation is the band government of the Snuneymuxw of west-central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The Snuneymuxw First Nation have lived along the eastern coast of south-central Vancouver Island, British Columbia for an estimated 5,000 years...

 lands in Nanaimo. A mainland office is located on Tsawwassen First Nation lands near the Tsawwassen area of the city of Delta

Delta, British Columbia

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.

Member governments

• Stz'uminus First Nation, Ladysmith, BC
  
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• Halalt First Nation
  Halalt First Nation
  The Halalt First Nation is a First Nations government located at Chemainus in southeastern Vancouver Island of British Columbia, Canada. The historical territory of the Halalt people is the lower Chemainus River valley and Willy Island, which is offshore from today's town of Chemainus.The Halalt...
  
  , Crofton, BC
• Homalco First Nation
  Homalco First Nation
  The Homalco First Nation is a First Nations government located in Bute Inlet near the upper Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada. The Homalco are also known, with their neighbours the Sliammon and Klahoose and the K'omoks of nearby parts of Vancouver Island, as the Mainland Comox...
  
  , Campbell River, BC
• Klahoose First Nation
  Klahoose First Nation
  The Klahoose First Nation is a First Nations government located on Cortes Island at the northern end of the Strait of Georgia, and surrounding Toba Inlet, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada...
  
  , Cortes Island, BC
• Malahat First Nation
  Malahat First Nation
  The Malahat First Nation is a First Nations government located on southeastern Vancouver Island in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Their ancestral tongue is the Hulquminum language....
  
  , Mill Bay, BC
• Nanoose First Nation
  Nanoose First Nation
  The Nanoose First Nation is a First Nations government located on southern Vancouver Island in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, in the vicinity of the community of Nanoose Bay. Their ancestral tongue is the Hulquminum language....
  
  , Lantzville, BC
• Sliammon First Nation
  Sliammon First Nation
  The Sliammon First Nation or Tla A'min First Nation is a First Nations government located on the upper Sunshine Coast in southwestern British Columbia, Canada...
  
  , Powell River, BC
• Snuneymuxw First Nation
  Snuneymuxw First Nation
  The Snuneymuxw First Nation is the band government of the Snuneymuxw of west-central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The Snuneymuxw First Nation have lived along the eastern coast of south-central Vancouver Island, British Columbia for an estimated 5,000 years...
  
  , Nanaimo, BC
• Tsawwassen First Nation
  Tsawwassen First Nation
  The Tsawwassen First Nation is a First Nations government whose only Indian reserve is located in the Greater Vancouver area of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada, adjacent to the South Arm of the Fraser River and the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and just north of the international...
  
  , Tsawwassen, BC
• Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
  Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
  The Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, also known as the Burrard Indian Band or Burrard Band, is a First Nations government in the Canadian Province of British Columbia...
  
  , North Vancouver, BC
• T'sou-ke First Nation, Sooke, BC

Executive

• Terry Sampson, Stz'uminus First Nation - Chair
• Doug White, Snuneymuxw First Nation - Vice-Chair
• Gordon Planes, T'Sou-ke First Nation - Secretary Treasurer

Other Directors

• Bryce Williams, Tsawwassen First Nation
• Lawrence Mitchell, Nanoose First Nation
• Russell Harry, Malahat First Nation
• James Delorme, Klahoose First Nation
• James Thomas, Halalt First Nation
• Carleen Thomas, Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
• Robert Harry, Homalco First Nation
• Clint Williams, Sliammon First Nation

See also

• Coast Salish
  Coast Salish
  Coast Salish languages are a subgroup of the Salishan language family. These languages are spoken by First Nations or Native American peoples inhabiting the territory that is now the southwest coast of British Columbia around the Strait of Georgia and Washington state around Puget Sound...
  
  
• Halkomelem (language)
• Comox language
  Comox language
  Comox, also known as K'omoks, is a Coast Salish language historically spoken in the northern Georgia Strait region, spanning the east coast of Vancouver Island and the northern Sunshine Coast and adjoining inlets and islands...
  
  
• Squamish language
• North Straits Salish
• Te'mexw Treaty Association
  Te'mexw Treaty Association
  The Te'mexw Treaty Association handles Treaty negotiations in the BC Treaty Process for a number of First Nations located in the northern Strait of Georgia of British Columbia. The members of the association are former signatories of the Douglas Treaties, a group of treaties signed in...
  
  
• List of tribal councils in British Columbia

External links

• Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council website