NunatuKavut | |
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Proposed Autonomous area | |
 The village of Mary's Harbour, in Southern Labrador | |
| 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 |
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| Language | Inuttitut; Inuit Sign Language (Uukturausingit) |
NunatuKavut (Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᑐᑲᕗᑦ) is a proposed Inuit territory in central and southern Labrador. It is unrecognized by most other Indigenous groups in Canada, including the Innu Nation, the Nunatsiavut government, and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami,[1] and is not included as part of Inuit Nunangat (translated as "the place where Inuit live").[2] The NunatuKavummiut (previously self-identified as "Labrador Metis"[3]) claim to be the direct descendants of Inuit that lived in central and southern Labrador prior to European contact, with the European admixture primarily from English men.[4] According to recent censuses completed by Statistics Canada, the majority of individuals living in communities within the NunatuKavut claims area continue to identify as Métis as opposed to Inuit.[5]
NunatuKavut [ˈnuːnətuːhəvuːt] means "Our ancient land" in the ancestral Inuttitut dialect of central Labrador. The region claimed by NunatuKavut extends from north of the community of Makkovik in Nunatsiavut to south of the community of Blanc-Sablon in Quebec.[6] It also extends to the west as far as the border between Quebec and Labrador.[6] Previous submissions by the predecessor organization to NunatuKavut (Labrador Metis Nation[3]) included a secondary claim as far north as Nain, the northernmost community in Nunatsiavut.[7]
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c4was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Inuit". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. June 18, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ a b "Labrador's Métis Nation adopts new name".
- ^ "Southern Inuit of NunatuKavut History".
- ^ "Statistics Canada. Division No. 10, Census division".
- ^ a b "NunatuKavut traditional territory map".
- ^ "The Labrador Metis Nation v. Her Majesty in Right of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2006 NLTD 119 (CanLII)".