mow-uh-chaht mu-chuh-laht | Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation
Community Profile
- The Mowachaht/Muchalaht are a First Nations people located in western Vancouver Island, historically known for their maritime culture, whaling traditions, and connection to Yuquot (Friendly Cove)
- Last Updated 2025-04-29 06:03:19 UTC
- Name: Mowachaht/Muchalaht (ISC Code: 630)
- Former Names: Nuu-chah-nulth, Nootka
- Band Style: First Nations
- Cultural Area: Pacific Northwest Coast
- Indigenous Language: Nuu-chah-nulth
- Number of Registered Members: 610
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: Not Applicable
- CHIEF: JEROME JACK
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:4
- JEROME JACK
- MICHAEL MAQUINNA
- DANIEL SAVEY SR.
- PATRICK JAMES
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.yuquot.ca/
- PHONE NUMBER: (250) 283-2015
- FAX NUMBER: (250) 283-2335
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 459, GOLD RIVER, BC
- EMAILS:
- Hereditary Chief JEROME JACK:
- Hereditary Chief MICHAEL MAQUINNA:
- Hereditary Chief DANIEL SAVEY SR.:
- Hereditary Chief PATRICK JAMES:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
Band Council Remuneration
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 7035
AASS 3
5.7 Hectares
NOOTKA DISTRICT, ON SOUTHWESTERLY SHORE OF NOOTKA ISLAND AT BAJO POINT
[49.6196941, -126.8256648] -
ISC Code: 7039
HISNIT 7
4.5 Hectares
VANCOUVER ISLAND, NOOTKA DISTRICT, ON WEST SHORE OF HISNIT INLET, TLUPANA INLET
[49.7497851, -126.5216904] -
ISC Code: 7040
HOISS 8
17.8 Hectares
VANCOUVER ISLAND, NOOTKA DISTRICT, ON NORTH SHORE OF NOOTKA SOUND NORTHEAST OF CANAL ISLAND
[49.6977436, -126.5663336] -
ISC Code: 7038
SUCWOA 6
14.6 Hectares
VANCOUVER ISLAND, NOOTKA DISTRICT, ON NORTH SHORE OF HEAD BAY, TLUPANA INLET, RESERVE INCLS 1 SMALL ISLAND
[49.6506376, -125.4493906] -
ISC Code: 7043
TAHSIS 11
17.0 Hectares
VANCOUVER ISLAND, COAST DISTRICT, ON EAST SHORE OF TAHSIS INLET OF NOOTKA SOUND
[49.91538689999999, -126.6491568] -
ISC Code: 7034
TSARKSIS 2
32.8 Hectares
NOOTKA ISLAND, NOOTKA DISTRICT, ON SOUTH SHORE, 4 MILES EAST OF BAJO POINT, AT MOUTH OF BEANO CREEK
[49.6083844, -126.757509] -
ISC Code: 7048
MOOYAH 16
5.2 Hectares
VANCOUVER ISLAND, CLAYOQUOT DISTRICT ON E. SHORE OF MOOYAH BAY SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON POINT, MUCHALAT INLET
[49.6280003, -126.4461378] -
ISC Code: 7045
MATCHLEE 13
5.1 Hectares
VANCOUVER ISLAND, NOOTKA DISTRICT ON EAST SHORE OF MATCHLEE BAY, MUCHALAT INLET
[49.6191054, -126.0496355] -
ISC Code: 7037
MOUTCHA 5
6.0 Hectares
VANCOUVER ISLAND, NOOTKA DISTRICT ON EAST SHORE OF MOUTCHA BAY, TLUPANA INLET
[49.7862261, -126.437907] -
ISC Code: 7036
NESUK 4
2.0 Hectares
VANCOUVER ISLAND, NOOTKA DIST ON EAST SHORE OF NESOOK BAY TLUPANA INLET OF NOOTKA SOUND NEAR MOUTH OF TLUPANA RIVER
[49.7578976, -126.3897672] -
ISC Code: 9137
TSA XANA 18
125.0 Hectares
3 KM NORTHWEST OF GOLD RIVER (CITY)
[49.815347, -126.0775879] -
ISC Code: 7042
TSOWWIN 10
13.7 Hectares
VANCOUVER ISLAND, NOOTKA DISTRICT, ON EAST SHORE OF TAHSIS INLET OR NOOTKA SOUND
[49.927861, -126.656541] -
ISC Code: 7044
AHAMINAQUUS 12
15.8 Hectares
VANCOUVER ISLAND, NOOTKA DISTRICT, ON NORTH SHORE OF MUCHALAT INLET, AT MOUTH OF THE GOLD RIVER
[49.68479259999999, -126.1201417] -
ISC Code: 7046
HLEEPTE 14
4.1 Hectares
VANCOUVER ISLAND, NOOTKA DIST, MOUTH OF THE KLEEPTE RIVER N. SHORE OF WILLIAMSON PASSAGE, MUCHALAT INLET
[49.6652364, -126.3720804] -
ISC Code: 7049
OUS 17
9.7 Hectares
VANCOUVER ISLAND, NOOTKA DISTRICT, ON SOUTH SHORE OF KING PASSAGE, MUCHALAT INLET
[49.6300563, -126.3648052] -
ISC Code: 7033
YUQUOT 1
83.4 Hectares
NOOTKA ISL. NOOTKA DIST. ON SHORE OF FRIENDLY COVE, NOOTKA SD. N OF YUQUOT PT. INCLDS A NUMBER OF SMALL OF-SHORE ISLDS
[49.591767, -126.618654] -
ISC Code: 7041
COOPTE 9
14.2 Hectares
VANCOUVER ISLAND, NOOTKA DISTRICT, ON EAST SHORE OF TAHSIS INLET, NEAT ENTRANCE TO COOPTE POINT
[49.6992651, -126.5903421] -
ISC Code: 7047
CHEESISH 15
11.7 Hectares
VNACOUVER ISLAND, NOOTKA DIST. NORTEAST SHORE OF HANNS CHANNEL, OPPOSITE BLIGH ISLAND
[49.6740388, -126.4650222]
Mowachaht/Muchalaht Traditional Territory
- Encompasses western Vancouver Island coastline
- Includes Yuquot (Friendly Cove)
- Maritime territories extending along Pacific coastal regions
- Key fishing and hunting grounds in Nootka Sound
- Significant historical sites around Gold River region
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- North Island First Nation files claim against province seeking aboriginal title, compensation
- Mowachaht/Muchalalaht First Nation files claim against B.C. seeking title to traditional territories
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation in B.C. seeking title to their traditional territory, compensation
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht launch Aboriginal title claim against the province
- Inside the long struggle for Mowachaht fishing rights
- One of the world's oldest sacred shrines could return to remote Indigenous settlement in B.C.
- Explore Nootka, new hotel aims to expand Gold River Indigenous tourism
- ‘Chief Maquinna’s lost children’: Father and son from California join push to bring Whalers Shrine back
- Salmon parks: Inside a movement to conserve Pacific Northwest old growth
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht plans a welcome house as a ‘launching ground’ for tourism in Nootka Sound
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht honour missing and murdered women and girls
- Five First Nations reach groundbreaking agreement with Canadian government on fisheries
- One of world’s oldest sacred shrines could return to Nootka Island
- ‘I just felt cheated’: First Nations chief shares view of policing after 21 year career as an officer
- Salmon, water and old growth: Mowachaht/Muchalaht take conservation a step further
- Reconciliation in Action issue 2023-1 | Pacific Region | Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht awarded $15 million to protect old growth and salmon
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht teen to represent B.C. in volleyball at North American Indigenous Games
- Vancouver Island First Nation whose ancestors met explorer Capt. Cook sue province
- ‘Salmon parks’ in traditional First Nations territory aim to save habitats by stopping old-growth logging
- Going MILES for northern region youth: Mowachaht/Muchalaht host a four-day gathering
- Wave energy project on Nootka Island receives $1-million grant
- Elder’s cherished dream grows in Tsaxana
- Coastal First Nation's ocean-wave energy project just got a million-dollar boost
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht welcome visitors for 32nd Yuquot Summerfest
- Book on northwest coast canoes features Nuu-chah-nulth stories
- Northern gathering gives youth reconnection after COVID restrictions
- Kwakwaka’wakw hereditary chiefs stand with Gold River-area First Nation in road use battle with logging company
- Nuu-chah-nulth leaders celebrate legal victory for commercial fishing rights
- A new clean energy project at Yuquot could see Mowachaht/Muchalaht returning home, eventually
- Honorary degree given to late Nuu-chah-nulth leader Lillian Howard
- Five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations ready to exercise fishing rights
- Supreme court affirms Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations fishing rights
- Tsunamis examined from Indigenous and scientific perspectives
- Government makes big conservation pledges, but recognition of Indigenous protected areas remains to be seen
- Coastal First Nations in B.C. demand DFO respect their right to fish
- The Government of Canada and the Ahousaht, Ehattesaht/Chinekint, Hesquiaht, Mowachaht/Muchalaht and Tla-o-qui-aht Nations (the five Nations) sign groundbreaking Incremental Reconciliation Agreement on Fisheries Resources
- 5 B.C. First Nations call out Canada for ‘discriminatory’ food fish practices
- Meet the last Indigenous man living in area of B.C. where Europeans first landed
- B.C. First Nations chief dies in canoe accident
- Yuquot seeks designation as a World Heritage Site
- Work underway on historic church in Yuquot
- The race to preserve a B.C. First Nation's history and the village where there is only one couple left
- Young Mowachaht-Muchalaht member takes basketball to next level: NAIG
- Vancouver Island First Nations council calls on B.C. to act after first COVID-19 case on reserve
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht catch encouraging numbers from the Conuma River
- Artwork returned to families generations after pieces were purchased
- BC First Nations
- Explore Nootka, new hotel aims to expand Gold River Indigenous tourism
- B.C. First Nation sues to reclaim title to traditional land
- With lands ravaged by logging, Nuu-chah-nulth community launches Aboriginal title claim against 'B.C.'
- Vancouver Island First Nation that met Captain Cook files title claim against B.C.
- Vancouver Island First Nation whose ancestors met explorer Capt. Cook sue province
- ‘Chief Maquinna’s lost children’: Father and son from California join push to bring Whalers Shrine back
- First Nation awakens totem pole in their traditional winter home
- Vancouver Island First Nation whose ancestors met explorer Capt. Cook sue province
- Cultural renewal for Yuquot
- Local Indians lure Luna out to sea
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht Launch Aboriginal Title Claim Against B.C.
- Tribe leads whale away from pen
- The Nuchatlaht Legal Fight Is a Big Deal. Here’s Why
- Explore Nootka, new hotel aims to expand Gold River Indigenous tourism
- LlamaZOO Signs Historic Deal For First-Ever Digital Twinning Software Use By First Nation for Territory Mapping
- Mapping the Growth of Indigenous Marine Protected and Conserved Areas
- Keeping the hope fire burning: B.C. First Nation honours missing and murdered women
- Vancouver Island First Nation whose ancestors met explorer Capt. Cook sue province
- INGINE inks Canada deal to develop onshore wave energy system
- Vancouver Island First Nation that met Captain Cook files title claim against B.C.
- Meet the last Indigenous man living in area of B.C. where Europeans first landed
- A century of Yuquot’s national designation reveals an awakening of the site’s true heritage
- Explore Nootka, new hotel aims to expand Gold River Indigenous tourism
- Keeping the hope fire burning: B.C. First Nation honours missing and murdered women
- Nuu-chah-nulth economic fisheries rights celebrated
- The Whalers Washing House finally coming home
- Vancouver Island First Nation whose ancestors met explorer Capt. Cook sue province
- Explore Nootka, new hotel aims to expand Gold River Indigenous tourism
- Northern Nuu-chah-nulth embark on a journey to ‘reawaken the spirit’
- After 120 Years Stored in a Museum, an Indigenous Shrine Returns Home
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation repatriates more than 100 cultural items from New York museum
- Overlap issues being resolved between communities
- CalWave technology selected for Indigenous-led wave energy project in Canada
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht welcome visitors for 32nd Yuquot Summerfest
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht design renewable energy microgrid for Yuquot
- Mowachaht-Muchalaht
- Saving salmon: Indigenous-led idea of salmon parks featured in new documentary
- Keeping the hope fire burning: B.C. First Nation honours missing and murdered women
- INGINE inks Canada deal to develop onshore wave energy system
- Assembly of First Nations backs Nuu-chah-nulth over fishing rights
- Is orca reincarnated native chief?
- Aboriginal Affairs’ funding formula a bad fit for the West Coast
Academic Research
Academic Research
- NISMAAS CENTRE IN THE LAND OF MAQUINNA
- Whose land is it? Rethinking sovereignty in British Columbia
- Towards a Brighter Fishing Future: Social and Economic Indicators to Measure Outcomes of the T'aaq-wiihak Fisheries
- Obvious but invisible: Ways of knowing health, environment, and colonialism in a west coast Indigenous community
- WHOSE LAND IS IT? Rethinking Sovereignty in British Columbia.
- Luna and the Departed Ancestor: A Case Study of Animal Embodiment, Non-violent Resistance, and Indigenous Rights in Canada
- A narrative from Friendly Cov
- Transformations of Nuu-chah-nulth Houses
- Teaching Notes
- Luna/Tsu-xiit the “whale”: Governance across (political and cultural) borders
- Since Kwatyat lived on earth: An examination of Nuu-chah-nulth culture history
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