Nitaskinan
52°49′9.8″N67°11′53.3″W/ 52.819389°N 67.198139°W
| People | Atikamekw Nehirowisiw |
|---|---|
| Language | Atikamekw Nehiromowin |
| Country | Nitaskinan (Nehirowisi Aski) |
Nitaskinan,also known asNehirowisi Aski,is the ancestralcountryof theAtikamekwpeople. It is located in the valley of theSaint-Maurice RiverinQuebec,Canada. It covers an area of 80,000 km2(31,000 sq mi).[1]On 8 September 2014, theConseil de la Nation Atikamekwdeclared unilaterally the sovereignty of the Atikamekw Nation on the Nistaskinan.[2][3][4][5]The objective of this is mainly to obtain a right of review for the projects exploiting the natural resources and to highlight the Atikamekw's identity. "Nitaskinan" means "our (excl.) land" in theAtikamekw language,where "Kitaskinan" means "our (inclusive) land," similar to other Cree languages' use ofaski.From a legal perspective, according to the CanadianIndian Act,the Atikamekw have self-administration on threeIndian reserves,Manawan,ObedjiwanandWemotaci,but the Nitaskinan territory covers an area much wider.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Les Attikameks s'attaquent à l'indifférence de Québec".Le Devoir(in French). 9 September 2014.Retrieved20 April2017.
- ^"Les Atikamekw déclarent leur souveraineté".Radio-Canada.ca(in French). 8 September 2014.Retrieved20 April2017.
- ^Caron, Jean-François (2016)."La declaration de souveraineté de la nation atikamekw: les méandres de l'octroi d'un titre aborigène"[The declaration of sovereignty of the Atikamekw Nation: the windings of granting an Aboriginal title].Canadian Ethnic Studies(in French).48(1): 141–160.ISSN0008-3496.Retrieved20 April2017.
- ^"Couillard minimise la portée de la déclaration de souveraineté Atikamekw".Radio-Canada.ca(in French). 9 September 2014.Retrieved20 April2017.
- ^Gagné, Louis (8 September 2014)."Les Atikamekws declarant leur souveraineté".TVA Nouvelles(in French).Retrieved20 April2017.
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