Mushuau Innu First Nation
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The Mushuau Innu First Nation is located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
, Canada
. The First Nation has one reserve
, it has an area of roughly 43 square kilometres, centred around the community of Natuashish
since 2002, when they moved from the prior community of Davis Inlet
.
The Mushaua Innu and the Naskapi
tribe were once the same people, speaking the same dialect and writing in syllabics, but split off and headed to Eastern Labrador, probably for sustainability reasons. Very few (if any) Mushuau Innu are able to write in syllabics any more. The majority of the tribe is Catholic, which use the Montagnais Bible (which does not use syllabics).
The chief of this First Nation is Simon Pokue
. The First Nation has a registered population of 650 people, of whom 606 live on-reserve.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The First Nation has one reserve
Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." The Act also specifies that land reserved for the use and benefit of a band which is not...
, it has an area of roughly 43 square kilometres, centred around the community of Natuashish
Natuashish, Newfoundland and Labrador
Natuashish is an Naskapi community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The community is inhabited by the Mushuau Innu First Nation....
since 2002, when they moved from the prior community of Davis Inlet
Davis Inlet, Newfoundland and Labrador
Davis Inlet was a Naskapi community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, formerly inhabited by the Mushuau Innu First Nation.-Settlement:...
.
The Mushaua Innu and the Naskapi
Naskapi
The Naskapi are the indigenous Innu inhabitants of an area they refer to as Nitassinan, which comprises most of what other Canadians refer to as eastern Quebec and Labrador, Canada....
tribe were once the same people, speaking the same dialect and writing in syllabics, but split off and headed to Eastern Labrador, probably for sustainability reasons. Very few (if any) Mushuau Innu are able to write in syllabics any more. The majority of the tribe is Catholic, which use the Montagnais Bible (which does not use syllabics).
The chief of this First Nation is Simon Pokue
Simon Pokue
Simon Pokue was the Utshmau or chief of the Mushuau Innu First Nation in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador from May 2004 until May 2007, when he was replaced by Utshmau Prote Poker. He was elected as deputy chief in March 2010.-References:...
. The First Nation has a registered population of 650 people, of whom 606 live on-reserve.