The Nanoose First Nation, also styled as the Snaw-Na-Was 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.
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Nanoose First Nation Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA