We Wai Kai Nation

We Wai Kai Nation
Band No. 623
PeopleLaich-kwil-tach
HeadquartersCampbell River
Province British Columbia
Population (2025)
On reserve333
On other land44
Off reserve953
Total population1330
Government
ChiefRonnie Chickite
Council
List
  • Nicole Assu
  • Jonathan Chickite
  • Samantha Chickite
  • Kim Duncan
  • Cindy Inrig
  • Mercedes Lewis
  • Art Wilson
  • Cameron McArthur
Tribal Council
Laich-Kwil-Tach Treaty Society
Website
wewaikai.com

The We Wai Kai Nation, also known as the Cape Mudge First Nation, is the band government of the We Wai Kai subgroup of the Laich-kwil-tach (Kwak'wala: Liǧʷiłdaxʷ) group of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, based on Quadra Island offshore from Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, which is on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the northern end of the Strait of Georgia. The Laich-kwil-tach include the Wei Wai Kum, who are organized as the Campbell River First Nation, and the Kwiakah Nation, whose traditional territory is in the Discovery Islands to the northeast of that city and on the adjoining mainland coast. All three are part of the Kwakiutl District Council, a tribal council which includes other Kwakwaka'wakw bands farther northwest in the Queen Charlotte Strait region and on northern Vancouver Island.

Indian Reserves

The Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre at Cape Mudge 10

Indian Reserves under the band's administration are:

Chief and councillors

As of January 2015 (1 year term)

British Columbia Treaty Process

They are a member government of the negotiating group for the BC Treaty Process known as the Hamatla Treaty Society, and are also constituted for treaty negotiation purposes as the Laich-kwil-tach Council of Chiefs.The treaty society members are in Stage 4 of the BC Treaty Process.

Demographics

The We Wai Kai Nation has 1329 registered members, living both on and off reserve.

Notable We Wai Kai Nation people

References

  1. ↑ "We Wai Kai Nation – First Nation Detail". First Nation Profiles. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. 2025-03-18. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
  2. ↑ Wei Wai Kum and We Wai Kai are from the Lekwala or Southern Kwakiutl dialect of Kwak'wala. These name-forms in Kwak'wala are Weywakum and Wekayi.
  3. ↑ We Wai Kai Nation website
  4. 1 2 "Hamatla Treaty Society". Executive Council of British Columbia. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Campbell River". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 2025. Retrieved October 17, 2025.