Nanoose First Nation


The Nanoose First Nation, also known the Snaw-naw-as 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 a dialect of Hulquminum language, a.k.a. Island Halkomelem.
The Nanoose First Nation is a member government of the Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council.