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Letter to P.M. Justin Trudeau from Innu Nation
March 30, 2021
Innu Nation letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau requesting that the Government of Canada intervene to ensure the project respects its rights.
See Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from Innu Nation
Letter to the White House from Innu Nation
March 30, 2021
Innu Nation letter to the White House requesting that it revoke the Presidential Permit allowing the project to proceed.
See Letter to Adrian Saenz from Innu Nation
News release (March 30, 2021)
March 30, 2021
CANADA AND US FIRST NATIONS UNITE AGAINST HYDRO-QUÉBEC American and Canadian First Nations call on Biden and Trudeau to block Hydro-Québec's plan to build a transmission line to Massachusetts. March 30, 2021 •…
News release (December 3, 2020)
December 3, 2020
First Nations in Québec and Labrador unite to oppose Hydro-Québec project WEMOTACI, Quebec • December 3, 2020 – Five First Nations in Québec, the Innu of Pessamit, the Atikamekw of Wemotaci, and the Anishnabeg…
Letter of support from the AFNQL
November 9, 2020
See Letter to Ms. Sophie Brochu, CEO of Hydro-Québec, signed by Chief Ghislain Picard
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)
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…
Video
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…