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===Naskapi=== {{further|Naskapi|Naskapi language}} {{Location map many |Canada Newfoundland and Labrador |caption=Naskapi communities |coordinates1={{coord|55.1667 |-66.867}} |label1=[[Kawawachikamach, Quebec|Kawawachikamach]] |coordinates2={{coord|55.917 |-61.125}} |label2=[[Natuashish]]}} The Naskapi are the Innu First Nations inhabiting a region of northeastern [[Quebec]] and [[Labrador]], Canada. The Naskapi are traditionally nomadic peoples, in contrast with the territorial Montagnais, the other segment of Innu. 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". {{lang|cr-Latn|Iyuw Iyimuun}} is the Innu dialect spoken by the Naskapi.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Tanner|first=Adrian|title=Innu (Montagnais-Naskapi)|encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|date=16 October 2018|publisher=[[Historica Canada]]|edition=online|url=https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/innu-montagnais-naskapi}}</ref> Today, the Naskapi are settled into two communities: [[Kawawachikamach (Naskapi village municipality)|Kawawachikamach]] Quebec and [[Natuashish]], Newfoundland and Labrador. The [[Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach]] is located in the [[Naskapi village municipality (Quebec)#Aboriginal local municipal units|Naskapi village]] of Kawawachikamach, {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Schefferville]], Quebec. The village is in the [[Kawawachikamach, Quebec|reserve of the same name]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Community |url=http://www.naskapi.ca/en/Overview-1 |website=Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach |access-date=31 October 2019 |archive-date=31 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031181052/http://www.naskapi.ca/en/Overview-1 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach |url=http://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=081&lang=eng |website=First Nation Detail|date = 14 November 2008}}</ref> The [[Mushuau Innu First Nation]], located in the community of [[Natuashish]], Newfoundland and Labrador, is located in the Natuashish 2 reserve on the coast of [[Labrador]].<ref name="Innu.ca">{{cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://www.innu.ca/ |website=Innu Nation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mushuau Innu First Nation |url=http://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=032&lang=eng |website=First Nation Detail|date = 14 November 2008}}</ref>
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