Innu
Americannoun
plural
Innus,plural
Innu-
a member of one of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, divided into two linguistic groups, a larger southern group that French colonists called the Montagnais and a smaller northern group they called the Naskapi.
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the Algonquian languages of the Innu, closely related to Cree.
adjective
noun
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a member of an Algonquian people living in Labrador and northern Quebec
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the Algonquian language of this people
Etymology
Origin of Innu
First recorded in 1990–95; from Innu; literally, “person”
Example Sentences
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"This COP is all about halting and reversing biodiversity loss," said Valérie Courtois of the Innu community of Mashteutiatsh and director of the Indigenous Leadership Initiative.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2022
The daughter of an Innu leader is taken captive by their enemies.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2019
When a group of local Innu showed up recently at an exclusive, private fishing camp on the Moisie River in northern Quebec, it had more than fishing in mind.
From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2017
In 27 motorboats, the Innu zoomed past the camp, a remote collection of rustic buildings and expensive vacation homes, to a rocky island where they disembarked and planted the green-and-white flag of their Innu band.
From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2017
The third element secures lands and resources for the Innu.
From Scientific American • Sep. 13, 2011
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