Pakuashipi

Pakuashipi
Pakua Shipu
Indian settlement
Pakuashipi is located in Quebec
Pakuashipi
Pakuashipi
Coordinates: 51°14′N 58°40′W / 51.233°N 58.667°W / 51.233; -58.667[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCôte-Nord
RCMLe Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
Established1971
Government
[2]
 • ChiefGuy Mestenapeo
 • Federal ridingManicouagan
 • Prov. ridingDuplessis
Area
[3]
 • Land3.93 km2 (1.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total237
 • Density60.3/km2 (156/sq mi)
 • Change (2016–11)
Decrease 24.0%
 • Dwellings
90
Time zoneUTC−04:00 (AST)
Postal Code
G0G 2R0
Area code(s)418 and 581

Pakuashipi (Pakua Shipi, or Pakua Shipu in Innu-aimun and St-Augustin Indian Settlement[4]) is an Innu community in the Canadian province of Quebec, located on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in the Côte-Nord region. It is on the western shore of the mouth of the Saint-Augustin River, opposite the settlement of Saint-Augustin. It is not an Indian reserve, but an Indian settlement within the Municipality of Saint-Augustin, occupied by the Innu band of Pakua Shipi. Although they hold no formal legal title to the land at this time, negotiations are still ongoing to determine their indigenous rights.

The community is serviced by a health centre, a community centre, a church, a school, a community store, a youth centre, a community radio station, an inn, municipal water and sewer system, fire station, and an indigenous police force.[2]

Pakuashipi is the Innu name of the Saint-Augustin River and means "shallow river", from pakua ("drained" or "dried up") and shipi ("river"). The inhabitants of this settlement are identified by other Innu groups as the Pakua-shipiunnuat, and are considered the most traditional, the most conservative Innu band, in terms of both culture and language.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference cgndb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b First Nation details for the Montagnais de Pakua Shipi First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SC2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Montagnais de Pakua Shipi First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "Pakuashipi (Établissement amérindien)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-09-27.