Pacheedaht First Nation

{{Short description|Nuu-chah-nulth band government in British Columbia, Canada}}

{{Infobox First Nation

| band_name = Pacheedaht First Nation

| band_number = 658

| endonym =

| image =

| caption =

| map = Pacheedaht.png

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| people = Nuu-chah-nulth

| treaty =

| headquarters = Port Renfrew

| province = {{BC}}

| main_reserve = Gordon River 2

| reserve =

• Cullite 3
• Pacheena 1
• Queesidaquah 4

| area = 1.80

| pop_year = March 2025

| on_reserve = 97

| on_other_land = 32

| off_reserve = 172

| total_pop =

| chief = Arliss Daniels (Jones)

| council =

• Tracy Charlie
• Natasha Jones

| tribal_council =

| website = {{URL|https://www.pacheedaht.ca/}}

| footnotes = {{cite web |title=First Nation Profiles |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=658&lang=eng |access-date=7 May 2022 |website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |language=en}}

}}

The Pacheedaht First Nation ({{Literal translation|People of the Seafoam}},{{Cite web |title=Pacheedaht Government Website |url=https://www.pacheedaht.ca/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Pacheedaht Government Website |language=en-CA}} formerly Pacheena{{Cite web |title=Pacheedaht First Nation |url=https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/vancouver-island-coast/pacheedaht-first-nation |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=First Nations in BC |publisher=British Columbia Assembly of First Nations}}) is a band government of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation, based near Port Renfrew on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. They are one of 14 Nuu-chah-nulth band governments, though they are not a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council.

The government has 4 reserve lands for a total of approximately 180 hectares: Pacheena #1, Gordon River #2, Cullite #3, Queesidaquah #4. As of March 2025, they have 301 registered band members, though only 97 live on reserve.

As of 2024, Pacheedaht, alongside the Ditidaht First Nation, is in stage 5 of the BC Treaty Process. They signed an agreement-in-principle in 2019, stating that the First Nation will have {{Convert|1,897|ha|km2}} of land, including former reserve land.{{Cite web |last= |date=2024 |title=Annual Report 2024 |url=https://bctreaty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/BCTC-AR-2024-FINAL.pdf |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=BC Treaty Commission |page=39}}