NunatuKavut

NunatuKavut
Proposed Autonomous area
The village of Mary's Harbour, in Southern Labrador
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Capital	Vâli, Labrador
Government
• Type	Proposed parliamentary democracy within the parliamentary system of Canada
• President	Todd Russell (since 2012)
Population  (2007)
• Total	2,345
Time zone	UTC-04:00 (AST)
Postal code prefix	A0P
ISO 3166 code	NL
Federal riding	Labrador (electoral district)
Provincial riding	Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair and Lake Melville
Website	NunatuKavut.ca

Black Tickle

Cartwright

Charlottetown

Lodge Bay

Port Hope Simpson

Paradise River

St. Lewis

Mary's·Harbour

North West River

Happy Valley-Goose Bay

Norman's Bay

Mud Lake

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Map with the location of the main NunatuKavut communities

NunatuKavut (Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᑐᑲᕗᑦ) is an Inuit territory in Labrador. It is unrecognized by other Indigenous groups in Canada, including the Innu Nation, the Nunatsiavut government, and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.^[1] The NunatuKavummiut (previously called Labrador Metis) claim to be the direct descendants of the Inuit that lived south of the Churchill or Grand River prior to European contact, with recent European admixture primarily from English settlers. Despite claims of Inuit heritage, according to recent censuses completed by Statistics Canada, the vast majority of individuals living in communities that NunatuKavut claims are within its region continue to identify as Métis as opposed to 'Inuit'.

NunatuKavut [ˈnuːnətuːhəvuːt] means "Our ancient land" in the ancestral Inuttitut dialect of central and southern Labrador Inuit. The region claimed by NunatuKavut generally encompasses southern Labrador, from the Grand River south to Lodge Bay and west to the extent of the official border between Quebec and Labrador. However, the land use area is much more extensive.^[2][3]