Editing Nitaskinan

{{short description|Ancestral homeland of the Atikamekw people of southwestern Quebec, Canada}}
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{{Infobox ethnonym|people=[[Atikamekw people|Atikamekw Nehirowisiw]]|language=[[Atikamekw language|Atikamekw Nehiromowin]]|country='''Nitaskinan (Nehirowisi Aski)'''}}
[[File:Nitaskinan_Map.png|thumb|Map of Nitaskinan]]

'''Nitaskinan''', also known as '''Nehirowisi Aski''', is the ancestral [[country]] of the [[Atikamekw]] people. It is located in the valley of the [[Saint-Maurice River]] in [[Quebec]], Canada. It covers an area of {{convert|80,000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les Attikameks s'attaquent à l'indifférence de Québec |website=Le Devoir |date=9 September 2014 |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/417966/les-attikameks-s-attaquent-a-l-indifference-de-quebec |access-date=20 April 2017 |language=fr}}</ref> On 8 September 2014, the [[Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw]] declared unilaterally the sovereignty of the Atikamekw Nation on the Nistaskinan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les Atikamekw déclarent leur souveraineté |website=Radio-Canada.ca |date=8 September 2014 |url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/683598/nation-atikamekw-declaration-souverainete-territoire |access-date=20 April 2017 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Caron |first=Jean-François |date=2016 |title=La declaration de souveraineté de la nation atikamekw : les méandres de l'octroi d'un titre aborigène |trans-title=The declaration of sovereignty of the Atikamekw Nation: the windings of granting an Aboriginal title |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/612923 |language=fr |journal=Canadian Ethnic Studies  |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=141–160 |issn=0008-3496 |access-date=20 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Couillard minimise la portée de la déclaration de souveraineté Atikamekw |website=Radio-Canada.ca |date=9 September 2014 |url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/683818/atikamekw-rencontre-premier-ministre-quebec |access-date=20 April 2017 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gagné |first=Louis |title=Les Atikamekws declarant leur souveraineté |website=TVA Nouvelles |date=8 September 2014 |url=http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2014/09/08/les-atikamekws-declarent-leur-souverainete |access-date=20 April 2017 |language=fr}}</ref> The objective of this is mainly to obtain a right of review for the projects exploiting the natural resources and to highlight the Atikamekw's identity. "Nitaskinan" means "our (excl.) land" in the [[Atikamekw language]], where "Kitaskinan" means "our (inclusive) land," similar to other Cree languages' use of ''aski''. From a legal perspective, according to the Canadian ''[[Indian Act]]'', the Atikamekw have self-administration on three [[Indian reserve]]s, [[Manawan]], [[Obedjiwan, Quebec|Obedjiwan]] and [[Wemotaci]], but the Nitaskinan territory covers an area much wider.

==See also==
*[[Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw]]

==References==
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[[Category:Atikamekw]]
[[Category:Geography of Quebec]]
[[Category:First Nations history in Quebec]]
[[Category:Indigenous politics in Canada]]
[[Category:Cultural regions of Canada]]


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