The Numukamis Village, from the Indigenous name “Nuumaqimyis,” is located at the east
end of Barkley Sound at the mouth of the Sarita River and is occupied, often in the winter months, by
the Huu-ay-aht First Nation.1 The name of the village was given by the Huu-ay-aht either to refer to the bay that
lies close to it or as a collective name for the five villages along the bay's shoreline.
Huu-ay-aht peoples come here to harvest salmon in the fall.2
The first official documentation of the name “Numukamis” appears on the British Admiralty
Chart 584 in 1861. Today the Numukamis Village is a Canadian government-designated Indigenous Reserve
labeled as “Numukamis 1,”3 which is not an accurate representation of their traditional land.