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Hospitality and sharing are part of the traditional values of Aboriginal people, regardless of whether they are First Nations or Inuit. They welcome, in a warm-hearted manner, curious visitors who wish to make discoveries. Learn along with them the lessons that they have received from nature since ancient times. |
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NunavikHome to polar bears, seals, walrus and whales, as well as to herds of caribou and musk oxen, this is a vast land of pristine beauty. In winter, magnificent northern lights illuminate the sky. There are no roads crisscrossing the wide expanses of Arctic tundra. Until quite recently, travel was only by dogsled, qimutsik, in winter and kayak in summer. Today, the airplane has become the main mode of transportation linking the 14 villages strung along the banks of the Ungava Bay,Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait. A number of Innus (Montagnais) and Naskapis also live here. In Nunavik, the Inuit heart beats in time with nature.
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The Inuit, the People of the North
The Abenakis – Wabanaki, the People of the Rising Sun
The Algonquins – Anishinabeg the People of the Land
The Atikamekw, the People of the Bark
The Cree – Eeyou Istchee, the People of the Hunt
The Huron-Wendat, the People of Trade
The Maliseet, the People of the Beautiful River
The Micmac – Mi’gmaq, the People of the Sea
The Mohawks –Kanienkeha :ka, the People of the Flint
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Quebec Aboriginal
Referred to as “Indians” and then “American Indians” a little later on, today they are more accurately referred to as the “First Nations” for the indigenous or aboriginal peoples of Canada, “Inuit” for the Aboriginal people of Northern Canada and “Métis" for the people of mixed ancestry.
