Naskapi
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The Naskapi (Nascapi, Naskapee, Nascapee) are an Indigenous people of the Subarctic native to the historical region St'aschinuw (ᒋᑦ ᐊᔅᒋᓄᐤ, meaning 'our [inclusive] land'), which was located in present day northern Quebec, neighbouring Nunavik. They are closely related to Innu People, who call their homeland Nitassinan.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Naskapi(ᓇᔅᑲᐱ)
- Ethnic group.population
- 1,080 (2016 census)
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Canada (Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Ethnic group.rels
- Christianity, other
- Ethnic group.langs
- Naskapi, English, French
- Ethnic group.related
- Innu, Cree
- Ethnonym.people
- Naskapi Iyuwᓇᔅᑲᐱ ᐃᔪᐤ
- Ethnonym.language
- Naskapi Iyuw Iyimuunᓇᔅᑲᐱ ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ
- Ethnonym.country
- St'aschinuwᒋᑦ ᐊᔅᒋᓄᐤ
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- Naskapi
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Post-European contact
- Relocations
- 20th century
- Move to Schefferville
- Move to Matimekosh
- James Bay Agreement
- Move to Kawawachikamach
- Northeastern Quebec Agreement
- Economic and community development
- Religion
- Naskapi First Nations
- Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach
- Mushuau Innu First Nation
- Past name spelling variations
- References
- External links
The Naskapi (Nascapi, Naskapee, Nascapee) are an Indigenous people of the Subarctic native to the historical region St'aschinuw (ᒋᑦ ᐊᔅᒋᓄᐤ, meaning 'our [inclusive] land'), which was located in present day northern Quebec, neighbouring Nunavik. They are closely related to Innu People, who call their homeland Nitassinan.
Innu people are frequently divided into two groups, the Neenoilno (called Montagnais by French people) who live along the Quebec north shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and the less numerous Naskapi who live farther north near Nunavik. The Innu themselves recognize several distinctions (e.g. Mushuau Innuat, Maskuanu Innut, Uashau Innuat) based on different regional affiliations and various dialects of the Innu language.