Etiket: Innus
Dominique Bégin, committed to the young Innus of Mashteuiatsh
This text is part of the special Social Economy section Previously a teacher, Dominique Bégin heads the Pekuakamiulnuatsh Youth Council, who has just won a scholarship from the Transition awarded…
The Innus of Uashat Mak Mani-utenam sue Hydro-Québec
The largest Innu community is suing Hydro-Québec. The Uashat Mak Mani-utenam band council, near Sept-Îles, is claiming more than $2.2 billion for the destruction of its territory created by the…
Climate crisis | The Innus of Pessamit hard hit
The impacts of climate change on the Innu community of Pessamit, on the North Shore, are “enormous”, warns a report by Amnesty International, which calls in particular on Quebec to…
Caribou Protection | The Innus of Pessamit maintain their ultimatum
The Innu Council of Pessamit maintains its threat to go to court to force Quebec and Ottawa to adopt caribou protection measures, dissatisfied with the “progress” announced by the two…
Caribou protection | The Innus of Pessamit put Ottawa and Quebec on formal notice
The Innus of Pessamit urge the federal and Quebec governments to put in place measures to protect the woodland caribou by the beginning of September, otherwise they will go to…
Meet the Innus of the North Shore
This text is part of the special book Plaisirs The Côte-Nord is not only synonymous with immensity, nature and abundance. It is also the stronghold of the Innu, whose multi-millennial…