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Native American Tribes of Newfoundland

The original inhabitants of the area that is now Newfoundland and Labrador included:

The Beothuk

The Inuit ("Eskimos")

The Innu

The Mi'kmaq

Federally recognized First Nations in Newfoundland today include:

Miawpukek First Nation (Mi'kmaq)
P. O. Box 10
Conne River
Newfoundland A0H 1J0
http://www.mfngov.ca/

Mushuau Innu First Nation
PO Box 190
Natuashish, Labrador
Newfoundland A0P 1A0
http://www.mushuau.com/

Nunatsiavut Government (Inuit)
12 Sandbanks Road
P.O. Box 70
Nain, Labrador
Newfoundland A0P 1L0
http://www.nunatsiavut.com/

Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation
PO Box 160
North West River, Labrador
Newfoundland A0P 1M0

Other Aboriginal communities of Newfoundland and Labrador include:

The Labrador Metis Nation
P.O. Box 460, Stn. C
Happy Valley - Goose Bay, NL A0P 1C0
http://www.labradormetis.ca/

Other resources about American Indian history, culture and society in Newfoundland province:

Aboriginal Peoples: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage: Detailed information on Newfoundland and Labrador Native Americans from prehistory to today.

Ktaqamkuk Mi'kmaq Alliance: Advocacy organization for the Micmac people of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Labrador Virtual Museum: Innu: Images of the Labrador Innu people.

Recommended books about Newfoundland and Labrador Native Americans:

Extinction: the Beothuks of Newfoundland: History book about the tragic fate of the Beothuk people.

Glous'gap Stories of the Micmac Indians: Collection of traditional Glooscap stories retold by a Mi'kmaq author and illustrator.

The Mi'kmaq Anthology: Collection of cultural writings by the Mi'kmaq people of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

We Were Not the Savages: A Mi'kmaq Perspective: Colonial history from the Micmac oral tradition.

A Way of Life That Does Not Exist: Book probing Innu relationships with the Canadian government.

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