Naskapi Imuun

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Who They Are

The Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach (originally known as the Naskapis of Schefferville Indian Band and later as the Naskapi Band of Quebec) is a First Nation community with a population of approximately 850 registered Indians.  The majority of the residents live in the village of Kawawachikamach, Québec, located 16 kilometers northeast of Schefferville, which in turn is 1,600 kilometers north of Montreal near the Labrador border in the sub-artic region of northern Quebec.

Like most isolated northern communities, the Kawawachikamach/Schefferville region has few of the educational, commercial and governmental services found in larger urban centres.  It also faces significant student drop-out rates and an above-average unemployment rate, which is partly attributed to seasonal employment.

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