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The Innu / Ilnu ("man", "person") or Innut / Innuat / Ilnuatsh ("people"), formerly called Montagnais from the French colonial period (French for "mountain people", English pronunciation: / ˌ m ɔː n t ə n ˈ j ɛ /), are the Indigenous Canadians who inhabit the territory in the northeastern portion of the present-day province of Labrador and some portions of Quebec.
Innu: Kanipinikassikueu: Provider of caribou [4] Matshishkapeu: Spirit of the anus [4] Inuit: Igaluk: Lunar deity Nanook: Master of bears Nerrivik: Sea mother and food provider Pinga: Goddess of the hunt, fertility, and medicine Sedna: Sea goddess, ruler of the underworld Torngasoak: Sky god Iroquois: Adekagagwaa: Summer Gaoh: Wind god Gendenwitha
Inuit religion is the shared spiritual beliefs and practices of the Inuit, an indigenous people from Alaska, northern Canada, parts of Siberia, and Greenland. Their religion shares many similarities with some Alaska Native religions .
In Innu mythology, Matshishkapeu ("The Farting God") is considered to be one of the most powerful spirits, and thought to be even more powerful than the Caribou Master. According to legend, the Caribou Master withheld caribou from the Innu out of greed, causing them to begin starving. Matshishkapeu approached the Caribou Master and asked him to ...
Mushuau Innu First Nation is located in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. [16] In 1967 the Mushuau Innu were settled in Utshimassits (Davis Inlet) on Iluikoyak Island located off the coast of Labrador Peninsula, which inhibited the ability of the Mushuau Innu to continue their traditional caribou hunt on the mainland. [17]
The Caribou Master, variously known as Kanipinikassikueu, Katipenimitak, Papakashtshishk, or Caribou Man is a powerful spirit in traditional Innu religion and mythology, an indigenous people of present-day Canada and Quebec. In the myth, an Innu man goes to live with the caribou. He marries one of the does and is himself transformed into ...
Mushuau Innu First Nation is a First Nations band government located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. [2] The band has one reserve which has been located near the community of Natuashish since 2002 when it moved from Davis Inlet .
Through their Innu allies, the Atikamekw caught new infectious diseases that were endemic among the Europeans. Around 1670-1680, a smallpox epidemic devastated the Atikamekw tribe. [4] The French pulled the Atikamekw into a trade war between the Montagnais (Innu) and the Mohawk, in which the Atikamekw and Innu did not fare well. Many of the ...