Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

Indigenous Peoples

About Indigenous ancestry of the Inuit, the Innu, the Mi'kmaq and the Southern Inuit of NunatuKavut.
Innu Culture

Innu culture and traditions
Innu History

A history of the Innu people and their contact with the Europeans
Impacts of Non-Indigenous Activities on the Innu

Impacts of Non-Indigenous activities on the Innu
Innu Organizations and Land Claims

Innu organizations and land claims
Precontact Innu Land Use

Land use of the Innu people precontact with the Europoeans
The Innu

The Innu, are an Algonkian-speaking people whose homeland is the eastern portion of the Quebec-Labrador peninsula.
Maritime Archaic Tradition

Northern and Southern branches of the Maritime Archaic Tradition
Indigenous Peoples and Confederation

When Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada in 1949, the governments made no special provisions for the new province's Indigenous groups.
Indigenous Self-Government

Many Indigenous people in the province and country see self-government as a way to preserve their culture and attain greater control over their lives.