Indigenous Peoples and Governments
The members of three major First Nations band governments of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples inhabit the Clayoquot Sound re: the Hesquiaht in the North, the Ahousaht in the middle, and the Tla-o-qui-aht in the south, focused on the village of Opitsaht on Meares Island. The village of Tofino lies opposite Opitsaht on the southern promontory of the entrance to the sound.
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