Tsleil-Waututh First Nation

Tsleil-Waututh Nation
Band No. 549
səlilwətaɬ
PeopleCoast Salish
HeadquartersNorth Vancouver
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Land
Main reserveBurrard Inlet 3
Other reserve(s)
  • Inlailwatash 4
  • Inlailwatash 4A
Land area1.1 km2
Population (2024)
On reserve292
On other land51
Off reserve363
Total population706
Government
ChiefJennifer Thomas
Council
List of Counselors
Tribal Council
Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council
Website
twnation.ca

The Tsleil-Waututh Nation (Halkomelem: səlilwətaɬ, [səlilwətaɬ]), formerly known as the Burrard Indian Band or Burrard Inlet Indian Band, is a First Nations band government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation ("TWN") are Coast Salish peoples who speak hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, the Downriver dialect of the Halkomelem language, and are closely related to but politically and culturally separate from the nearby nations of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), with whose traditional territories some claims overlap.

The TWN is a member government of the Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council, which includes other governments on the upper Sunshine Coast, southeastern Vancouver Island and the Tsawwassen band on the other side of the Vancouver metropolis from the Tsleil-Waututh. There are almost 600 members with 287 living on the reserve as of January 2018.

According to the 2011 National Community Well-Being Index, Burrard Inlet 3 is considered the most prosperous First Nation community in Canada.