Nitassinan
Ancestral homeland of the Innu, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the ancestral homeland of the Innu. For the 1991 book by Marie Wadden, see Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland.
Nitassinan (Innu: ᓂᑕᔅᓯᓇᓐ) is the ancestral homeland of the Innu, an indigenous people of Eastern Quebec and Labrador, Canada. Nitassinan means "our land" in the Innu language. The territory covers the eastern portion of the Labrador peninsula.[1]
Quick Facts Innu, Ilnu / assi "person" / "land", Person ...
Innu, Ilnu / assi "person" / "land" | |
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Person | Innu / Ilnu |
People | Innut / Innuat / Ilnuatsh |
Language | Innu-aimun |
Country | Nitassinan |
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The area was known as Markland in Greenlandic Norse, and its inhabitants were known as the Skræling.