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CA-K304Indigenous peoples & reconciliation

Kameshtashtan, a Mushuau Innu landscape

Mistastin Lake (Kameshtashtan), Labrador, in a Landsat 8 satellite image, 11 September 2017 (NASA).
Mistastin Lake (Kameshtashtan), Labrador, in a Landsat 8 satellite image, 11 September 2017 (NASA). Mistastin oli 2017254 lrg · NASA Earth Observatory · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Kameshtashtan, a cultural landscape in northern Labrador, represents the profound importance of Nitassinan, the Innu homeland, to the Mushuau Innu and their way of life. Tied to oral histories, legends and spiritual meanings, it holds places of births and deaths and campsites at least 6,500 years old, and reflects the Mushuau Innu’s migratory life with Atiku, the caribou.

Scope & context

The cultural landscape as recognized in its designation, not all of Nitassinan (see also CA-K157).

Sources behind this record

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Kameshtashtan National Historic Site ↗

Parks Canada

Historical importance; plaque text