Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nation
First Nations Modern Treaty Government
The Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nation (Nuu-chah-nulth pronunciation: [juːɬuʔiɬʔatħ]) or Ucluelet First Nation is the modern treaty government of the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ in the Canadian province of British Columbia (located on the west coast of Vancouver Island on the northwest side of Barkley Sound).
History
Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ have lived on the west coast of Vancouver Island for thousands of years. Today’s nation comprises the descendants from the families that in the past occupied 9 different villages in the Barkley Sound area: hitaču, ƛakmaqis, ʔuuc, k̓ʷinaqułtḥ, namint, yuułuʔił, w̓aayi, huʔuł, and kʷisitis. Each of the villages historically had one longhouse for summer and winter usage.
Resource harvesting across Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ territory followed a seasonal round. Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ were fishers and whalers, with salmon being the most sustainable resource. Large quantities would be harvested in the fall and then stored throughout the winter months. The food resources spread across Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ territory were diverse, including salmon and salmon roe, herring and herring roe, cod, halibut, sardines, seals, sea lions, whales, sea urchin, crab, clams, mussels, oysters, deer, bear, elk, wild plants and roots. As with salmon, many of these foods were preserved by way of drying and smoking.
The earliest contact Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ had with Europeans was in the 1770s, as fur traders entered the region.
“Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nation” enters the record as first Nations Modern Treaty Government. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ, First and Nation can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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