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===Mushuau Innu First Nation=== [[Mushuau Innu First Nation]] is located in the Canadian province of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]].<ref name="Powers">{{cite thesis |first=Timothy A. |last=Powers |title=Conscious Choice of Convenience: The Relocation of the Mushuau Innu of Davis Inlet, Labrador |publisher=St. Mary's University |date=22 August 1997 |type=Master of Arts|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq22808.pdf}}</ref> In 1967 the Mushuau Innu were settled in ''Utshimassits'' ([[Davis Inlet, Newfoundland and Labrador|Davis Inlet]]) on Iluikoyak Island located off the coast of [[Labrador Peninsula]], which inhibited the ability of the Mushuau Innu to continue their traditional caribou hunt on the mainland.<ref name="Press">{{cite journal|last1=Press |first1=Harold |year=1995 |title=Davis Inlet in Crisis: Will the lessons ever be learned? |journal=Canadian Journal of Native Studies |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=187β209 |url=http://www2.brandonu.ca/library/cjns/15.2/press.pdf |accessdate=17 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721080657/http://www2.brandonu.ca/library/cjns/15.2/press.pdf |archivedate=21 July 2011 }}</ref> Therefore, they were relocated in the winter of 2002/2003 to their new main settlement [[Natuashish, Newfoundland and Labrador|Natuashish]] (pronounced: 'Nat-wah-sheesh'),<ref>{{cite web |title=Mushuau Innu First Nation Band Order SOR/2002-415 |url=https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-415/FullText.html |publisher=[[Department of Justice (Canada)|Justice Canada]] |date=21 November 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100018920/1100100018921|title=Archived - Reserve Creation at Natuashish| publisher=Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada|access-date=Oct 16, 2020|date=Nov 2007}}</ref> about 295 km north of [[Happy Valley-Goose Bay]] and 80 km southeast of [[Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador|Nain]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Innu of Labrador: From Davis Inlet to Natuashish |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/background/aboriginals/natuashish.html |website=CBC News |access-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041217030423/https://www.cbc.ca/news/background/aboriginals/natuashish.html |archive-date=Dec 17, 2004 |date=December 14, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/natuashish-struggling-with-the-hangovers-of-old-davis-inlet|title=Natuashish: Struggling with the hangovers of old Davis Inlet|publisher=CBC|date=Feb 8, 2005|access-date=Oct 16, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/labrador-innu-leaders-pocketing-band-money-audit-1.542105|title=Labrador Innu leaders pocketing band money: audit|date=Oct 26, 2005 |access-date=Oct 16, 2020|publisher=CBC News}}</ref> Natuashish located on the mainland is only 15 km west of ''Utshimassits''; ethnically they are Naskapi, speaking the Eastern Dialect (Mushuau Innu or Davis Inlet variety) of [[Naskapi language|Iyuw Imuun]] and writing in [[Eastern Cree syllabics]], but split up and sent to [[Labrador|Eastern Labrador]], very few (if any) are able to write in syllabics any more. The majority of the people are Catholic, which use the [[Innu people|Montagnais]] [[Bible]] (which does not use syllabics) and therefore use the [[Latin alphabet]], Reservation: Natuashish #2, ca. 44 kmΒ², Population: 936)<ref name="Detail">{{cite web |title=First Nation Detail |url=http://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=032&lang=eng |publisher=[[Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada]] |date=26 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Registered Population |url=http://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNRegPopulation.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=32&lang=eng |publisher=Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada |date=26 September 2019}}</ref>
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