Montagnais

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Algonquian people First Nations people Indigenous people

Montagnais, more commonly known as Innu, is an Algonquian Indigenous people of northeastern Quebec and Labrador with a distinct language and culture closely related to the Cree.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Innu people 2
Innu (Montagnais) peoples 1
Innu of Nutashkuan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian people ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Innu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Innu Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialContactWith France NERFINISHED ⓘ
New France NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalArea Subarctic ⓘ
culturalPractice caribou hunting ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
snowshoe making ⓘ
traditional Innu songs ⓘ
governedBy band councils ⓘ
hasAutonymMeaning "human being" in Innu-aimun ⓘ
hasOrganization Assemblée des Premières Nations Québec-Labrador (as member communities) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Innu Nation (Labrador) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPopulationCenter Ekuanitshit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mashteuiatsh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Natuashish NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sheshatshiu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uashat mak Mani-Utenam NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEconomy fur trade ⓘ
historicallyCalledBy French colonists ⓘ
Jesuit missionaries ⓘ
language Innu-aimun NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
linguisticRelation closely related to Cree language ⓘ
nativeName Innu NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ
northeastern Quebec ⓘ
recognizedAs Aboriginal people under the Constitution Act, 1982 (Canada) NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ
Naskapi NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic ⓘ
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Nitassinan NERFINISHED ⓘ
treatyPartner Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesScript Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Voyages of Samuel de Champlain → documentsInteractionWith → Montagnais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Innu (Montagnais) peoples
Nutashkuan → hasIndigenousGroup → Montagnais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Innu of Nutashkuan
Mashteuiatsh → isIndigenousReserveOf → Montagnais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Innu people
Cree peoples → linguisticVariety → Montagnais ⓘ
Pessamit → people → Montagnais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Innu of Pessamit
Naskapi → relatedEthnicGroup → Montagnais ⓘ
Mamit Innuat → representsIndigenousGroup → Montagnais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Innu of Quebec
Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi language complex → spokenBy → Montagnais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Innu people