Editing Innu (section)

=== Labrador Innu organizations and land claims ===
In 1999, [[Survival International]] published a study of the Innu communities of Labrador. It assessed the adverse effects of the [[Forced displacement|Canadian government's relocating]] the people far from their ancestral lands and preventing them from practising their ancient way of life.<ref name="survival-international.org" />

The Innu people of Labrador formally organized the Naskapi Montagnais Innu Association in 1976 to protect their rights, lands, and way of life against industrialization and other outside forces. The organization changed its name to the Innu Nation in 1990 and functions today as the governing body of the Labrador Innu. The group has won recognition for its members as [[Indian Register|status Indians]] under Canada's ''[[Indian Act]]'' in 2002 and is currently involved in land claim and self-governance negotiations with the federal and provincial governments.<ref name=labradorinnu/>

In addition to the Innu Nation, residents at both [[Natuashish]] and [[Sheshatshiu]] elect [[Band government|Band Councils]] to represent community concerns. The chiefs of both councils sit on the Innu Nation's board of directors and the three groups work in cooperation with one another.

The Innu Nation's efforts to raise awareness about the environmental impacts of [[Voisey's Bay Mine|a mining project]] in [[Voisey's Bay]] were documented in [[Marjorie Beaucage]]'s 1997 film ''Ntapueu ... i am telling the truth.''<ref name="BeardWhite">{{cite book |last1=Bell |first1=Lynne |last2=Williamson |first2=Janice |editor1-last=Beard |editor1-first=William |editor2-last=White |editor2-first=Jerry |title=North of Everything: English-Canadian Cinema Since 1980 |date=2002 |publisher=University of Alberta |isbn=9780888643902 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iLNhHWfarosC&q=%22Marjorie+Beaucage%22&pg=PA342 |language=en |chapter=In the Hands of the People: A Conversation with Marjorie Beaucage |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/northofeverythin00bear }}</ref>{{rp|342}}