Innu, Ilnu / assi "person" / "land" | |
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Person | Innu / Ilnu |
People | Innut / Innuat / Ilnuatsh |
Language | Innu-aimun |
Country | Nitassinan |
Nitassinan (Innu:ᓂᑕᔅᓯᓇᓐ) is the ancestral homeland of theInnu, anindigenous people of EasternQuebec andLabrador, Canada. Nitassinan means "our land" in theInnu language. The territory covers the eastern portion of theLabrador peninsula.[1]
The area was known asMarkland inGreenlandic Norse, and its inhabitants were known as theSkræling.
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