Mamit
Innuat As a tribal council, Mamit Innuat provides its member communities with the range of services that used to be delivered by the Department of Indian Affairs. These services relate to the sectors of health, social services and social development, education, economic development, and technical services (buildings and infrastructures). In addition, Mamit Innuat is responsible for ensuring that the territorial and political interests of the communities are protected and promoted. That is why the communities, through the Assemblée Mamu Pakatatau Mamit (AMPM), gave a team the mandate to follow up on matters pertaining to territorial and governmental negotiations, developments on the territory, and the environment. The AMPM team also offers various professional services to support field workers. The people of the Mamit Innuat communities have had long-standing relations with the Innu of Labrador with whom they share a common language and culture. They also share a common territory (Nitassinan). In order to consolidate their relations in terms of international representations, Mamit Innuat, Innu Nation, and the Innu community of Schefferville set up the Conseil des Innu de Nitassinan, a non-government organization (NGO), which in June 1997, after two years of effort, obtained a seat on the UN's Economic and Social Council.
Mamit
Innuat |
In
the Innu language, Mamit Innuat means "the people (or innuat) of
the east." The organization of the same name, which today
represents the interests of 2,500 individuals living in four communities,
was established in 1982. The communities of Mingan, Natashquan,
La Romaine, and Pakua Shipi are the basis for this organization.
They are located along the middle and lower north shore of the St.
Lawrence River.
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