Editing Innu (section)

==Montagnais, Naskapi or Innu==
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[[File:Innu map.jpg|thumb|left|Lands traditionally inhabited by the Innu. [[Naskapi]] land is shown in yellow and Montagnais land in red]]
The people are frequently classified by the geography of their primary locations:
*the ''Neenoilno'', live along the north shore of the [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]], in Quebec; they have historically been referred to by Europeans as ''Montagnais'' (French for "[[Hill people|mountain people]]", English pronunciation: {{IPAc-en|ˌ|m|ɔː|n|t|ə|n|ˈ|j|eɪ}}),<ref>Rogers & Leacock (1981:169)</ref> or ''Innu proper'' (''Nehilaw'' and ''Ilniw'' – "people")
*The ''[[Naskapi]]'' (also known as ''Innu'' and ''Iyiyiw''), live farther north and are less numerous. The Innu recognize several distinctions among their people (e.g. Mushuau Innuat, Maskuanu, Uashau Innuat) based on different regional affiliations and speakers of various dialects of the Innu language.[[Image:Innus.png|thumb|Innu communities of Quebec and Labrador and the two Naskapi communities (''Kawawachikamach'' and ''Natuashish'')|alt=]]

The word ''Naskapi'' was first recorded by [[Canada (New France)|French colonists]] in the 17th century. They applied it to distant Innu groups who were beyond the reach of Catholic [[missionary]] influence. It was particularly applied to those people living in the lands that bordered [[Ungava Bay]] and the northern Labrador coast, near the [[Inuit]] communities of northern Quebec and northern Labrador. Gradually it came to refer to the people known today as the Naskapi First Nation.

The Naskapi are traditionally [[nomad]]ic peoples, in contrast with the more sedentary ''Montagnais'', who establish settled territories.

The ''Mushuau Innuat'' (plural), while related to the Naskapi, split off from the tribe in the 1900s. They were subject to a government relocation program at [[Davis Inlet]]. Some of the families of the Naskapi Nation of [[Kawawachikamach, Quebec|Kawawachikamach]] have close relatives in the [[Cree]] village of [[Whapmagoostui]], on the eastern shore of [[Hudson Bay]].

Since 1990, the Montagnais people have generally chosen to be officially referred to as the ''Innu'', which means ''human being'' in ''Innu-aimun''. The Naskapi have continued to use the word ''Naskapi''.