Nanoose First Nation
The Nanoose First Nation, also known the Snaw-naw-as First Nation,[1] is a First Nations government located on central Vancouver Island in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, in the vicinity of the community of Nanoose Bay. Their ancestral tongue is a dialect of Hulquminum language, a.k.a. Island Halkomelem.
Snaw-naw-as is the name of a small community of Coast Salish First Nation people, named after the sole survivor of a battle in the 1800’s. Snaw-Naw-As Nation is located in Nanoose Bay, British Columbia. Snaw-Naw-As 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. Snaw-Naw-As people speak Hul’q’umi’num’, which is 1 of 3 branches of the Halkomelum dialect spoken from Nanoose to Oregon.
The Nanoose First Nation is a member government of the Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council.
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