Innus of Ekuanitshit

Innu women at Mingan, Quebec in 1947

Innus of Ekuanitshit (French: Les Innus d'Ekuanitshit) are an Innu band in Quebec, Canada. They live primarily in the Indian reserve of Mingan on the north coast of St Lawrence River. In 2016, the band had a registered population of 632 members.

Demographics

Members of the band of Ekuanitshit are Innus. In October 2016, the First Nation had a total registered population of 632 members, of which 28 lived off reserve.[1] According to Statistics Canada 2011 Census, the median age of the population is 24.7 years old.[2]

Geography

Innus of Ekuanitshit has only one reserve, Mingan, also called Ekuanitshit, where the band is hearquartered and where lived the majority of its members.[3][4] The reserve is located on route 138, 28 km west of Havre-Saint-Pierre in the Côte-Nord region in Quebec at the mouth of the Mingan River in the St Lawrence River.[5] It covers an area of 1 919 ha.[6] The closest important city is Sept-Îles.[7]

Governance

Innus of Ekuanitshit are governed by a band council elected according to a custom electoral system based on Section 11 of the Indian Act. For the 2015 to 2018 tenure, this council is composed of the chief Jean-Charles Piétacho and four councillors.[8]

Languages

The language spoken by the Innus is Innu-aimun, a language of the Cree-Innu-Naskapi dialect continuum of the Algonquian languages family. According to Statistics Canada 2011 Census, 97.8% of the Innus of Ekuanitshit have an Aboriginal language has the first language learned and 98.9% know an Aboriginal language and speak it at home. With respect to official languages, 4.4% know both, 84.4% know only French and 2.2% know only English.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Registered Population". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2016. .
  2. ↑ "Population Characteristics". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2016. .
  3. ↑ "Reserves/Settlements/Villages". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2016. .
  4. ↑ "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2016. .
  5. ↑ "Ekuanitshit". Mamit Innuat Conseil tribal (in French). Retrieved 5 December 2016. .
  6. ↑ "Reserve/Settlement/Village Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2016. .
  7. ↑ "Geography". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2016. .
  8. ↑ "Governance". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2016. .
  9. ↑ "Languages characteristics". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2016. .
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