in addition to the governing body through the hawiih, ahousaht has a mandated body of elected officials. this is the ahousaht chief and council. the number of councillors is determined by the overall size of the population. for every 100 members of a nation, there is to be elected one council member, to a maximum of 12 members (as per the indian act.). elected council’s role is to be accountable to this indian act. overall, both ha’wiih and chief and council are ultimately there to represent the ahousaht membership and honour our long history.