Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam

{{Infobox First Nation

| band_name = Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam

| band_number = 80

| endonym =

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| people = Innu

| treaty =

| headquarters = Uashat

| province = Quebec

| main_reserve = Uashat

| reserve = Maliotenam

| area = 7.37

| pop_year = October 2019

| on_reserve = 3601

| on_other_land = 59

| off_reserve = 1121

| total_pop =

| chief = Mike McKenzie

| council =

Normand Ambroise
Antoine Grégoire
Kenny Régis
Jonathon St. Onge
Dave Vollant
Zacharie Vollant

| tribal_council = Mamuitun Tribal Council

| website = [http://www.itum.qc.ca/ ITUM.qc.ca]

| footnotes ={{cite web |title=First Nation Detail |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=080&lang=eng |website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |date=26 September 2019}}

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Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam is an Innu First Nations band government in Quebec, Canada. It is based in Sept-Îles in the Côte-Nord region on the North shore of the Saint Lawrence River. It owns two reserves: Maliotenam 27A and Uashat 27 located at both ends of Sept-Îles. It is governed by a band council and is a member of the Mamuitun Tribal Council.

Population

{{As of|2019}}, the band has a total registered population of 4,781 members.{{Cite web |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNRegPopulation.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=80&lang=eng |website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |title=Registered Population |date=26 September 2019}}. According to Statistics Canada's 2016 Canadian Census, Uashat had a population of 1,592 up 7.2% from 1,485 found in the 2011 Census.{{SCref|year=2016|type=prof|unit=csd|code=2497802}} Maliotenam had a population of 1,542 in 2016, up 17.2% from 1,316 in 2011.{{SCref|year=2016|type=prof|unit=csd|code=2497804}}

Politics

The Nation is governed by a chief and band council of six members. For the 2019–2022 tenure, the chief of the band council of Uasuat-Maliotenam is Mike (Pelash) McKenzie.{{Cite web |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNGovernance.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=80&lang=eng |website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |title=Governance |date=26 September 2019}}.

The Innu of Uashat-Maliotenam and those of Matimekosh-Lac-John are represented in land claims negotiations by the Corporation Ashuanipi.{{cite book|last=Morse|first=Bradford W.|editor=Federico Lenzerini|title=Reparations for Indigenous Peoples: International and Comparative Perspectives|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cM0p7lvuRUsC&pg=PA302|year=2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-923560-5|page=302|chapter=Indigenous Peoples of Canada and Their Efforts to Achieve True Reparations}}

Languages

File:Panneau d'arrêt à Maliotenam.jpg in Maliotenam]]

The language of the Innu people is Innu-aimun. According to the 2016 Canadian Census, on a total population of 3,125, 85.9% know an indigenous language. More precisely, 79.0% have an indigenous language still spoken and understood as a first language and 82.4% speak an indigenous language at home. For official languages, 9.9% know both, 87.8% know only French, 0.5% know only English and 1.8% don't know any.{{Cite web |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNLanguage.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=80&lang=eng |website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |title=Languages characteristics |date=26 September 2019}}

Notable people

Notable people from the community include:

Michèle Audette, former president of the Native Women's Association of Canada
Florent Vollant and Claude McKenzie of musical group Kashtin
Naomi Fontaine, novelist
Jonathan Genest-Jourdain, former federal Member of Parliament for Manicouagan

References

External links

[https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=80&lang=eng First Nation Details by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada]
{{cite cgndb|ESKTB|Uashat 27}}
{{cite cgndb|ESFQH|Malioténam 27A}}

Category:First Nations governments in Quebec