Innu

E32802

The Innu are an Indigenous people of northeastern Canada, traditionally semi-nomadic hunters whose culture and language are closely tied to the boreal forests and subarctic regions of Labrador and Quebec.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Innu canonical 31
Innu-aimun 7
Innu of Labrador 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
First Nations people
Indigenous people
autonym Innu
country Canada
culturalArea Subarctic cultural area
culturalPractice dream interpretation
drumming
shamanism
storytelling
ethnicGroupOf Canada
formerExonym Montagnais
linked to: Cree peoples

Naskapi
governingBodies Innu Nation
Mamit Innuat
Mamuitun Tribal Council
language Innu-aimun
linked to: Innu
languageFamily Algonquian languages
mainProvinces Newfoundland and Labrador
Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada
notableCommunity Ekuanitshit
Essipit
linked to: Pessamit

Mashteuiatsh
Natuashish
Nutashkuan
Pakua Shipi
linked to: Unamen Shipu

Pessamit
Sheshatshiu
Uashat mak Mani-Utenam
Unamen Shipu
populationRegion Côte-Nord region of Quebec
Labrador Innu communities
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec
primaryRegion Labrador
Northeastern Canada
linked to: Hudson Bay region

Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada
recognizedAs First Nations under Canadian law
relatedGroup Atikamekw
Cree
Mi'kmaq
linked to: Mi’kmaq
religion Roman Catholicism
traditional animist beliefs
traditionalEnvironment boreal forest
subarctic region
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic hunting
traditionalSubsistence caribou hunting
fishing
gathering wild plants
trapping
traditionalTerritory Nitassinan
linked to: Innu

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Labrador hasEthnicGroup Innu
Labrador hasIndigenousLanguage Innu-aimun
linked to: Innu
Innu traditionalTerritory Nitassinan
linked to: Innu
Innu language Innu-aimun
linked to: Innu
Innu autonym Innu
Naskapi language closelyRelatedTo Innu-aimun
linked to: Innu
Jesuits in New France targetGroup Innu (Montagnais)
linked to: Innu
Mamit Innuat languageUsed Innu-aimun
linked to: Innu
Mamuitun Tribal Council languageOfWork Innu-aimun
linked to: Innu
Natuashish ethnicGroup Innu
Natuashish hasOfficialLanguage Innu-aimun
linked to: Innu
Ekuanitshit ethnicGroup Innu
Ekuanitshit people Innu of Ekuanitshit
linked to: Innu
Ekuanitshit hasOfficialLanguage Innu-aimun
linked to: Innu
Pessamit ethnicGroup Innu
Nutashkuan ethnicGroup Innu
Côte-Nord hasIndigenousCommunity Innu
subject linked to: Côte-Nord region of Quebec
NunatuKavut Inuit hasDistinctFrom Innu of Labrador
linked to: Innu
Sheshatshiu ethnicGroup Innu
Sheshatshiu isPrincipalCommunityOf Innu of Labrador
linked to: Innu
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean hasIndigenousNation Innu
Iyuw Iyimuun hasAlternativeName Iyuw Iyimuun (Naskapi)
linked to: Innu
Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi language complex hasPart Western Innu
linked to: Innu