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Nunatsiavut is the southernmost recognized Inuit territory in Canada. Nunatsiavut's territory consists of two geographic regions. The southern portion contains Rigolet, Makkovik, Postville and Hopedale and has a population of 1,433 (as of 2016). The northern portion contains Nain as well as the Torngat Mountains National Park.
Mar 5, 2020 · Nunatsiavut (meaning “our beautiful land” in Inuktitut) is the homeland of the Labrador Inuit (Labradormiut). The territory covers 72,520km 2 of land and 44,030km 2 of sea in the northern part of the Labrador Peninsula.
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Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada and most of the Arctic Archipelago. Its vast territory makes it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world, as well as North America's second-largest (after Greenland ).
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Nunatsiavut is an autonomous area claimed by the Inuit in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The settlement area includes territory in Labrador extending to the Quebec border. In 2002, the Labrador Inuit Association submitted a proposal for limited autonomy to the government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Go next. Nunatsiavut is a vast but sparsely-populated rural area in northern Labrador which comprises five widely-scattered native villages (Nain, Hopedale, Postville, Makkovik and Rigolet) and three abandoned ghost towns (Hebron, Okak and Nutak) spread across over 72,000 square kilometres of land.
Our History. Our ancestors, the Inuit, have occupied the circumpolar regions of the world for centuries – from Alaska and across Canada's North to the coast of Greenland. We are descendants of the prehistoric Thule, hunters who were drawn to Labrador because of its abundance of whales and other wildlife.
