NASKAPI IS AN ALGONQIAN LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY ABOUT 800 FOLKSIN EASTERN CANADA. THE NESKAPIAND MONTAGNAIS ARE ACTUALLY PART OF SOME INDIAN NATIONS. NASKAPI IS SPOKEN BY INNU COMMUNITIES IN QUEBEC AND LABRADOR. EVERY CHILD IS FLUENT IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TONGUE.
NASKAPI MEANS 'INTERIOR PEOPLE'. BOTH MONTAGNAIS AND NASKAPI WERE ACTUALLY MEMBERS OF THE SAME INDIAN NATION. THERE ARE ABOUT 14,000 INNU IN LABRADOR AND QUEBEC. EVERY CHILD IS FLUENT IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TONGUE.
NASKAPI MEANS INTERIOR PEOPLE. BOTH MONTAGNAIS AND NASKAPI WERE ACTUALLY MEMBERS OF THE SAME TRIBE, THE INNU, THERE ARE ABOUT 14,000 INNU IN LABRADOR AND QUEBEC TODAY, OF WHOM 800 ARE NASKAPI.
EARLY INNU RELATIONS WITH EUROPEANS WERE FRIENDLY. THE INNU TRADED FURS WITH FRENCH AND ALLIED AGAINST THE IROQOUIS CONDERACY. THE EUROPEANS DEFEATED THE FRENCH, INNU, AND ALGONQUIAN AND BETWEEN WAR AND DISEASES THEY WERE DECIMATED. THE SURVIVORS SETTLED IN VILLAGES BY WELL INTENDED EUROPEANS. TODAYTHE INUIT AND THEIR NEIGHBORS STRUGGLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF LAND.
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