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Sheshatshiu

Sheshatshiu Innu Nation is located in the heart of Nitassinan, the Innu land as we call it. With a population of about 1300, is one of the two Innu settlements in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The local institution that governs Sheshatshiu is the Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation Band Council. This is formed by the chief and 6 council. The current chief is Eugene Hart. The Band council is in charge of several services and has 8 departments: Health, Education, Community Services, Economic Development, Finance, Operations, Public Works and Recreation.

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Natuashish

The Mushuau Innu First Nation is located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This First Nations band government has one reserve which has been located near the community of Natuashish since 2002 when it moved from Davis Inlet. The reserve has an area of roughly 43 square kilometres. The Mushuau Innu and the Naskapi tribe were once the same people, speaking the same dialect and writing in syllabics, but split off and headed to Eastern Labrador, probably for sustainability reasons. Very few (if any) Mushuau Innu are able to write in syllabics any more. The majority of the tribe is Catholic and use the Montagnais Bible which does not use syllabics. The chief of this First Nation is John Nui. As of March 2013, the First Nation has a registered population of 897 people, of whom 832 live on-reserve.

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