Inuit region of Labrador

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The Inuit region of Labrador is an autonomous Inuit-governed area in northern Labrador, Canada, with its own self-government and cultural, political, and land rights for Inuit residents.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous territory
Inuit-governed region
autonomous area
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Labrador Sea
Nunavik
Newfoundland and Labrador–Nunavut border
surface form: Nunavut (maritime boundary)
containsSettlement Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Hopedale
Makkovik
Nain
North West River
Postville
Rigolet
country Canada
culturalRegion Arctic region
surface form: Arctic

Subarctic
ethnicGroup Inuit
governingBody Nunatsiavut Executive Council
surface form: Nunatsiavut Government
hasAutonomyType land claims area
self-government
hasCapital Nain
hasClimate polar climate
subarctic climate
hasExecutiveHead President of Nunatsiavut
hasGovernmentType regional Inuit self-government
hasIndigenousRights cultural rights
land rights
political rights
hasJudicialFramework Canadian legal system
hasLegislature Nunatsiavut Assembly
hasPrimaryPeople NunatuKavut Inuit
surface form: Labrador Inuit
hasPrimaryReligion Christianity
hasTraditionalBeliefSystem Inuit spiritual beliefs
largestSettlement Nain
locatedIn Atlantic Canada
Labrador
North America
eastern Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador
surface form: province of Newfoundland and Labrador
officialLanguage English
Inuktitut
surface form: Inuttitut
partOf Inuit Nunangat
recognizedBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
traditionalEconomy fishing
subsistence hunting
trapping
traditionalLanguage Inuttitut

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Nunatsiavut recognizedAs Inuit region of Labrador
Labrador Inuttitut region Inuit region of Labrador
this entity surface form: North coast of Labrador
Labrador Inuttitut associatedWith Inuit region of Labrador
this entity surface form: Labrador Inuit land claims region
Postville locatedIn Inuit region of Labrador
this entity surface form: northern Labrador
Nunatsiavut Assembly appliesToJurisdiction Inuit region of Labrador
this entity surface form: Labrador Inuit Settlement Area