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Description

1. ix, 218 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

1. This account of the Innu of eastern Quebec and Labrador (Nitassinan) describes their removal on to reserves in the 1950s and their current negotiations with government for land rights and self-determination, with particular reference to the issue of low-level military flights.

Subject

1. Montagnais Indians > Land tenure
2. Naskapi Indians > Land tenure
3. Montagnais Indians > Claims
4. Naskapi Indians > Claims
5. Montagnais Indians > Government relations
6. Naskapi Indians > Government relations
7. Innu Indians > Land tenure
8. Innu Indians > Claims
9. Innu Indians > Government relations
10. Sheshatshiu (N.L.) > Social conditions
11. Sheshatshiu (N.L.) > Politics and government

Genre/Form

1. Claims

Contents

1. Nutshimit -- An independent people -- Jets over Nitassinan -- Churchill Falls and other "improvements" -- Sheshatshit -- "Not the government's children" -- One family's story -- The turning point -- Outwitting the Akaneshau -- Who's training the Innu? -- A historic trial -- The judge understands -- Help from the outside -- Victory is snatched away -- Innu nation

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-213) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain