Tribes
Nuu-chah-nulth band governments today are:
- Ahousaht First Nation: (population over 2,000) formed from the merger of the Ahousaht and Kelsemeht bands in 1951;
- Ehattesaht First Nation; (population 294)
- Hesquiaht First Nation; (population 653)
- Kyuquot/Cheklesahht First Nation; (population 486)
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations: (population 520) formerly the Nootka band;
- Nuchatlaht First Nation; (population 165)
- Huu-ay-aht First Nation: (formerly Ohiaht); (population 598)
- Hupacasath First Nation (formerly Opetchesaht); (256)
- Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations: (formerly Clayoquot); (population 881)
- Toquaht First Nation; (population 117)
- Tseshaht First Nation; (population 1002)
- Uchucklesaht First Nation; (population 181)
- Ucluelet First Nation. (population 606)
Total population for the 14 nations in the Nuuchahnulth Tribal is 8,147 according to the Nuuchahnulth Tribal Council Indian Registry from February 2006.
The Ditidaht First Nation (population 690), while politically and culturally affiliated with the Nuu-chah-nulth, are independently referred to, similar to the Pacheedaht First Nation, who are not politically affiliated with the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council.
After contact, the advent of foreign diseases spread and decimated some tribes, including the Hupacasath, Huu-ay-aht, Ka;’yu;k’t’h’/Che;k’tles7et’h’, and the Tseshaht.
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