Huu-ay-aht First Nations

The Huu-ay-aht government consists of one chief-councillor and four councillors. The chief-councillor is the head of government and the councillors are legislators. Together, this five person group also forms the executive branch of the Huu-ay-aht government. Currently, the Huu-ay-aht government is elected by the Huu-ay-aht membership for a period of four years. After the effective date of the Maa-nulth Treaty, the Huu-ay-aht government will be transformed according to the constitution it developed and ratified on 28 April 2007. Under the new Huu-ay-aht First Nations Constitution, the Huu-ay-aht Government will be expanded to seven members total: one elected chief-councillor, one appointed representative of the hereditary chiefs (see below) and five elected councillors. The new government will also have access to legislative authority over more than what is normally accorded to First Nations in Canada due to the articles of the Maa-nulth Final Agreement: land, governance, taxation and natural resources. The government has reserve lands in Numukamis, Nuchaquis, Dochsupple, Sachsa, Sachawil, Kirkby Point, Hamilton Point, Haines Island, Keeshan (Kiix?in), Kichha, Clutus, Anacla, and Masit. == Hereditary chiefs ==

The Huu-ay-aht First Nations were once governed by hereditary chieftains. In the Nuu-chah-nulth language, they are called ''Ha'wiih (plural) and Ha'wilth (singular). One of these leaders stands above the rest as the Tyee Ha'wilth'', or Head Chief. Currently, the Huu-ay-aht has seven hereditary leaders including the head chief. ==Cascadia subduction zone==

Pachena Bay is home to the Huu-ay-aht First Nations village of Anacla, "which aboriginal oral history says was devastated when an ancient earthquake convulsed the West Coast of North America." This oral tradition concurs with scientific research into the timing of the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. The Ocean Networks Canada "includes a 24-hour ocean monitoring program through a series of Internet connected cables." Scientists study Cascadia, Nankai, Barbados and Chile subduction zones the most because these are the most significant.{{citation |url=http://activetectonics.asu.edu/lipi/Lecture16_Dendro_Archeoseismology/Jacoby_etal_1997_Geology.pdf |title=Tree-ring evidence for an A.D. 1700 Cascadia earthquake in Washington and northern Oregon By 1997 tree-ring dating had securely linked the giant 1700 North American earthquake. According to a 2005 United States Geological Survey (USGS) report,{{citation |url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1707/chapters/10_Cascadia_92-105.pdf |title=The Orphan Tsunami of 1700—Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America |series=Professional Paper |number=1707 |work=USG |accessdate=19 January 2015 |date=2005 ==See also==