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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Statements (47)

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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Referenced by (3)

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

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)