Our people have occupied our traditional territory on British Columbia’s Central Coast since time immemorial from Wakeman Sound to the waters between Gilford Island and Village Island.
Gwa-yas-dums was awarded with the 2007 Canadian Institute of Planners Award for Excellence in Rural/Small Town Planning. It marks the first time a First Nation community had won a national planning award.
The Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation continually seeks key opportunities for community economic development and aims to do so through respectful, professional economic development partnerships.
The Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation are affiliated with the larger tribal grouping known as the Musgamagw Tsawataineuk Tribal Council. Our population is young, and dynamic and continues to grow.