Nitassinan (Innu traditional territory in Labrador)

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Nitassinan is the vast ancestral homeland of the Innu people in what is now Labrador, encompassing their traditional lands, culture, and way of life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous territory
Innu homeland
cultural region
traditional territory
associatedEthnicGroup Innu
Innu Nation
associatedWith Innu caribou hunting
Innu land-based culture
Innu nomadic way of life
Innu spiritual sites
Innu traditional hunting practices
contains Churchill River region
Lake Melville region
Natuashish
Sheshatshiu
interior Labrador plateau
parts of the Labrador coast
country Canada
culturalRegionForLanguage Innu-aimun speakers
environmentType boreal forest
subarctic tundra
taiga
governedInPartBy Innu Nation agreements with Newfoundland and Labrador
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Innu people
linked to: Innu peoples
hasHistoricalUse seasonal migration by Innu families
trapping and fishing grounds for Innu
travel routes between coast and interior
hasRiver Churchill River
Kenamu River
Mushua River
hasWildlife black bear
caribou
moose
languageOfToponym Innu-aimun
locatedIn Atlantic Canada
Labrador
eastern Quebec and Labrador region
meaningOfName our land
overlapsWith Labrador interior boreal forest
subarctic region of Labrador
partOf Innu traditional lands
recognizedAs ancestral homeland of the Innu
recognizedBy Innu Nation of Labrador
linked to: Innu Nation
subjectOf Innu land claims in Labrador
Innu rights and title negotiations
timeDepth Innu occupation for thousands of years
traditionalTerritoryOf Innu people
linked to: Innu peoples

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Innu Nation regionServed Nitassinan (Innu traditional territory in Labrador)
Sheshatshiu partOf Innu traditional territory of Nitassinan
linked to: Nitassinan (Innu traditional territory in Labrador)
Matimekush–Lac John First Nation isIndigenousTo Nitassinan (Innu traditional territory)
linked to: Nitassinan (Innu traditional territory in Labrador)