Yakweakwioose First Nation

{{Short description|Band government of Sto:lo people of Canada}}{{Infobox First Nation

| band_name = Yakweakwioose

| band_number = 576

| people = Stó꞉lō

| headquarters = Chilliwack

| province = British Columbia

| main_reserve = Yakweakwioose 12

| reserve = *Pekw'xe:yles

• Grass 15

| area = 0.958

| pop_year = 2024

| on_reserve = 39

| on_other_land = 2

| off_reserve = 47

| chief = Terry Horne

| council = *Jazmine Horne

• Nicole Larock
• Elaine Malloway
• Jason Malloway

| tribal_council = Sto꞉lo Nation Chiefs Council

| footnotes =

}}

The Yakweakwioose First Nation or Yakweakwioose Band ({{langx|hur|Yeqwyeqwí:ws}}){{Cite book |last=Galloway |first=Brent Douglas |url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt65r158r4/qt65r158r4.pdf |title=Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem |publisher=University of California Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-520-09872-5 |series= |volume=1 |location=Berkley |pages=1033–1034 |language=en |format=PDF |access-date=2025-01-18}} is a band government of the Sto:lo people located in the Upper Fraser Valley region at Sardis, near Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.[https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=576&lang=eng Indian and Northern Affairs Canada First Nation Detail] They are a member government of the Sto:lo Nation tribal council.{{Cite web |title=Yakweakwioose {{!}} British Columbia Assembly of First Nations |url=https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/lower-mainland-southwest/yakweakwioose |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=www.bcafn.ca |language=en}}

The traditional languages of the people are Halq'eméylem, hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, and Hul’q’umi’num.’ Yeqwyeqwí:ws is the proper Halq’eméylem spelling of Yakweakwioose.{{Cite web |title=Yeqwyeqwí:ws |url=https://www.sxta.bc.ca/sxta-communities/yakweakwioose/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Stó:lō Xwexwilmexw Treaty Association |language=en-US}} As of December 2024, the Nation had a total of 88 registered members, including 39 residing on their own reserve.{{Cite web|title=First Nation Detail|website=Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=January 18, 2025|url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=576&lang=eng}}