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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
October 6, 2020
THE INNU NATION OF LABRADOR
The Innu are the Indigenous inhabitants of an area in Canada they refer to as Nitassinan ("Our Land"), which comprises much of Labrador and some eastern portions of…
NEWS RELEASE
October 6, 2020
FIFTY YEARS PAST DUE INNU NATION OF LABRADOR FILES $4 BILLION CLAIM AGAINST HYDRO-QUÉBEC FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHURCHILL FALLS PROJECT. Tuesday, October 6, 2020 • St. John’s, Newfoundland…
SPEECH – GRAND CHIEF AND DEPUTY GRAND CHIEF
October 6, 2020
GRAND CHIEF ETIENNE RICH
Grand Chief speaks in Innu-aimun Welcome to everyone who has joined us today from within our Innu communities and across Canada. This is an important announcement for Innu. I…
IN THE WORDS OF THE LABRADOR INNU
October 6, 2020
Our hunting territory is no good to us anymore, because all our traps and belongings are under water. We lost mostly Indian-made items. I lost two canoes, about 300 traps, snowshoes, caribou-hide scrapers,…
STATEMENT OF CLAIM SERVED ON HYDRO-QUÉBEC
October 6, 2020
See the Statement of Claim
SPEECH – MS. NANCY KLEER
October 6, 2020
I have worked as a lawyer for the Innu Nation in Labrador for almost 30 years. As a result, I have had the privilege of getting to know the Innu people, learning their…
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PRESS CONFERENCE
On October 6, 2020, the Innu Nation of Labrador filed a $4 billion claim against Hydro-Québec in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador as compensation for the illegal taking of their land…