Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam

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.[1]

Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam
Band No. 80
PeopleInnu
HeadquartersUashat
ProvinceQuebec
Land[1]
Main reserveUashat
Other reserve(s)
Maliotenam
Land area7.37 km2
Population (October 2019)[1]
On reserve3601
On other land59
Off reserve1121
Total population4781
Government[1]
ChiefMike McKenzie
Council
  • Normand Ambroise
  • Antoine Grégoire
  • Kenny Régis
  • Jonathon St. Onge
  • Dave Vollant
  • Zacharie Vollant
Tribal Council[1]
Mamuitun Tribal Council
Website
ITUM.qc.ca

Population

As of 2019, the band has a total registered population of 4,781 members.[2] 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.[3] Maliotenam had a population of 1,542 in 2016, up 17.2% from 1,316 from 2011.[4]

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.[5]

The Innu of Uashat-Maliotenam and those of Matimekosh-Lac-John are represented in land claims negotiations by the Corporation Ashuanipi.[6]

Languages
Stop sign 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.[7]

Notable people

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

References
  1. "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. 26 September 2019.
  2. "Registered Population". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. 26 September 2019..
  3. "(Code 2497802) Census Profile". 2016 census. Statistics Canada. 2017.
  4. "(Code 2497804) Census Profile". 2016 census. Statistics Canada. 2017.
  5. "Governance". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. 26 September 2019..
  6. Morse, Bradford W. (2008). "Indigenous Peoples of Canada and Their Efforts to Achieve True Reparations". In Federico Lenzerini (ed.). Reparations for Indigenous Peoples: International and Comparative Perspectives. Oxford University Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-19-923560-5.
  7. "Languages characteristics". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. 26 September 2019.

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