Innu

E32802

Algonquian-speaking people First Nations people Indigenous people

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.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Innu-aimun	3
Nitassinan	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ First Nations people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ
autonym	Innu self-link ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
culturalArea	Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic ⓘ surface form: Subarctic cultural area
culturalPractice	dream interpretation ⓘ drumming ⓘ shamanism ⓘ storytelling ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Canada ⓘ
formerExonym	Cree peoples ⓘ surface form: Montagnais Naskapi ⓘ
governingBodies	Innu Nation ⓘ Mamit Innuat ⓘ Mamuitun Tribal Council ⓘ
language	Innu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Innu-aimun
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ
mainProvinces	Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec
notableCommunity	Ekuanitshit ⓘ Pessamit ⓘ surface form: Essipit Mashteuiatsh ⓘ Natuashish ⓘ Nutashkuan ⓘ Unamen Shipu ⓘ surface form: Pakua Shipi 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 ⓘ Hudson Bay region ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Canada Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec
recognizedAs	First Nations under Canadian law ⓘ
relatedGroup	Atikamekw ⓘ Cree ⓘ Mi’kmaq ⓘ surface form: 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	Innu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nitassinan

Referenced by (10)

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

Churchill River → associatedPeople → Innu ⓘ

Innu → autonym → Innu self-link ⓘ

Naskapi language → closelyRelatedTo → Innu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Innu-aimun

Labrador → hasEthnicGroup → Innu ⓘ

Labrador → hasIndigenousLanguage → Innu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Innu-aimun

Newfoundland and Labrador → hasIndigenousPeople → Innu ⓘ

Happy Valley-Goose Bay → hasIndigenousPresence → Innu ⓘ

Labrador → indigenousPeople → Innu ⓘ

Innu → language → Innu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Innu-aimun

Innu → traditionalTerritory → Innu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nitassinan