Editing Naskapi (section)

{{See also|Naskapi language}}
{{short description|Ethnic group of Quebec and Labrador, Canada}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
|group=Naskapi<br />(ᓇᔅᑲᐱ)
|image= 
|population = 1,080 (2016 census)
|popplace=[[Canada]] ([[Quebec]] and [[Newfoundland and Labrador]])
|total_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110522&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=122&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=|title=Aboriginal Ancestry Responses (73), Single and Multiple Aboriginal Responses (4), Residence on or off reserve (3), Residence inside or outside Inuit Nunangat (7), Age (8A) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data|publisher=Government of Canada|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca|language=en|access-date=2017-11-23|date=2017-10-25}}</ref>
|rels=[[Christianity]], other
|langs=[[Naskapi language|Naskapi]], [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]]
|related=[[Innu people|Innu]], [[Cree]]
}}
{{Contains special characters|Canadian}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|people=[[Naskapi|Naskapi Iyuw<br />ᓇᔅᑲᐱ ᐃᔪᐤ]]|language=[[Naskapi language|Naskapi Iyuw Iyimuun<br />ᓇᔅᑲᐱ ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ]]|country=[[Nitassinan|St'aschinuw<br />ᒋᑦ ᐊᔅᒋᓄᐤ]]}}

The '''Naskapi''' (Nascapi, Naskapee, Nascapee) are an [[Indigenous people of the Subarctic]] native to the [[historical region]] St'aschinuw (ᒋᑦ ᐊᔅᒋᓄᐤ, meaning 'our [[Clusivity|[inclusive]]] land'),<ref>{{cite book|last=MacKenzie|first=Marguerite|title=Naskapi Lexicon|year=1994|publisher=Naskapi Development Corp|location=Kawawachikamach, Quebec}}</ref> which was located in present day northern Quebec and Labrador, neighbouring [[Nunavik]]. They are closely related to [[Innu]] [[First Nations in Canada|People]], who call their homeland ''Nitassinan''.

Innu people are frequently divided into two groups, the [[Neenoilno]] (called ''Montagnais'' by French people) who live along the north shore of the [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]], in Quebec, and the less numerous Naskapi who live farther north. The Innu themselves recognize several distinctions (e.g. Mushuau Innuat, Maskuanu Innut, Uashau Innuat) based on different regional affiliations and various dialects of the Innu language.

The word "Naskapi" (meaning "people beyond the horizon") first made an appearance in the 17th century and was subsequently applied to Innu groups beyond the reach of missionary influence, most notably those living in the lands which bordered [[Ungava Bay]] and the northern Labrador coast, near the [[Inuit]] communities of northern Quebec and northern Labrador. The Naskapi are traditionally [[nomadic]] peoples, in contrast with the territorial [[Innu people|Montagnais]]. Mushuau Innuat (plural), while related to the Naskapi, split off from the tribe in the 20th century and were subject to a government relocation program at [[Davis Inlet]].<ref name="1993 Video">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/society/poverty/davis-inlet-innu-community-in-crisis/a-heart-wrenching-cry-for-help.html |title=Davis Inlet: Innu Community in Crisis |date=28 Jan 1993 |work=CBC Digital Archives |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |accessdate=17 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1993/2/15/horror-in-davis-inlet|title=Horror in Davis Inlet|date=Feb 15, 1993|accessdate=Oct 27, 2020|first=Tom|last=Fennell|publisher=Maclean's }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A New Home and a Fresh Beginning for the Mushuau Innu of Davis Inlet |url=https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/new-home-and-fresh-beginning-mushuau-innu-davis-inlet |work=Cultural Survival |date=2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Natuashish votes to keep alcohol ban |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/natuashish-votes-to-keep-alcohol-ban-1.938213 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=16 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328233829/https://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/03/26/nl-keep-alcohol-ban-326.html |date=Mar 26, 2010|url-status=live |archive-date=Mar 28, 2010}}</ref> The Naskapi language and culture is quite different from the Montagnais, in which the dialect changes from y to n as in "Iiyuu" versus "Innu".<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Montagns.html Montagnais and Naskapi | Encyclopedia.com]</ref> Some of the families of Naskapi Nation of [[Kawawachikamach, Quebec|Kawawachikamach]] have close relatives in the [[Cree]] village of [[Whapmagoostui, Quebec|Whapmagoostui]], on the eastern shore of [[Hudson Bay]].