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Innue Essipit is an
Innu First Nation
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in
Quebec
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, Canada. It owns one
reserve
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named
Essipit
Essipit (known as Les Escoumins until 1996) is an Innu Indian reserve in the Canadian province of Quebec, located on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in the Côte-Nord region. It belongs to the Innue Essipit First Nation.
The reserve ...
where one-third of its population live, located in the
Côte-Nord
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region on the North shore of the
Saint Lawrence River
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. This is one of the nine Innu communities in Quebec. In 2018, it had a total registered population of 756 members. It is part of the
Mamuitun Tribal Council.
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References
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External links
Official websiteFirst Nation Detail by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
First Nations governments in Quebec
Innu