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NunatuKavut
NunatuKavut | |
|---|---|
Proposed autonomous area | |
 The village of Mary's Harbour, in Southern Labrador | |
 Flag | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Capital | Vâli, Labrador |
| Government | |
| • Type | Proposed parliamentary democracy within the parliamentary system of Canada |
| • President | Todd Russell (since 2012) |
| Population (2007) | |
• Total | 2,345 |
| Demonym | NunatuKavummiut |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
| Postal code prefix | |
| ISO 3166 code | NL |
| Federal riding | Labrador |
| Provincial riding | Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair and Lake Melville |
| Website | NunatuKavut.ca |
| People | NunatuKavummiut |
|---|---|
| Language | Inuttitut; Inuit Sign Language (Uukturausingit) |
NunatuKavut (Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᑐᑲᕗᑦ) is a proposed NunatuKavummiut territory in central and southern Labrador. The region proposed by the NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) extends from north of the community of Makkovik in Nunatsiavut to south of the community of Blanc-Sablon in Quebec. It also extends to the west as far as the border between Quebec and Labrador.[1] Previous submissions by the NunatuKavummiut (as the Labrador Métis Nation) included a secondary claim as far north as Nain, the northernmost community in Nunatsiavut.[2] [3]
According to the NCC, the NunatuKavut claimlands correspond to the historic land-use of the Southern Inuit.[4] The NunatuKavut Community Council is considered an Indigenous collective[a] which represents the descendants of mixed Inuit-European people from central and southern Labrador.[9][10][7] While both the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples have concluded that the NCC represents a people with a credible but unproven claim to Indigenous rights,[11][12][13] at least three land claim submissions have been unsuccessful since it first applied in 1991.[14][15]
The NunatuKavut Community Council's claims have been opposed by other Indigenous groups in the region.[16] The Innu Nation also includes portions of the proposed NunatuKavut territory in its own land claim.[17][8][18] The NCC signed a memorandum of understanding in 2019 with the Canadian government, but this in itself does not confer any Indigenous rights.[7][6][19]
- ^ "NunatuKavut traditional territory map".
- ^ "Labrador's Métis Nation adopts new name".
- ^ "The Labrador Metis Nation v. Her Majesty in Right of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2006 NLTD 119 (CanLII)".
- ^ "Southern Inuit of NunatuKavut History".
- ^ Newfoundland and Labrador v. Labrador Métis Nation, 2007 NLCA 75 (CanLII), at para 44, [1], retrieved on 2024-12-05
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- ^ "Newfoundland and Labrador v. Labrador Métis Nation, 2007 NLCA 75". 2007.
- ^ "Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Volume 4" (PDF). 1996.
- ^ Passafiume, Alessia (June 13, 2024). "NunatuKavut Community Council celebrates Federal Court decision in identity case". CityNews Ottawa. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Innu Nation Inc. v. Canada (Crown-Indigenous Relations), 2024 FC 896". 2024.
- ^ "Statement on the Nunatukavut Community Council (NCC)". Inuit Circumpolar Council. November 10, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- ^ "Inuit leader warns of Labrador group's 'illegitimate claims' to Inuit identity". CBC. May 12, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ Rogers, Sarah (March 19, 2024). "Inuit and Innu United Against False Claims of Indigenous Identity". Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Inuit". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. June 18, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
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