In the past, the Naskapis were nomadic and followed caribou herds over Nuchimiyuschiiy, from Hudson Bay in the west to the Labrador Coast in the east, and from the southern coast of Ungava Bay in the north to the vicinity of Labrador City in the south. NSP First linked to Fort Chimo, near present-day Kuujjuaq, in the 1830s, the Naskapis relocated several times between Fort Chimo, Fort Nascopie, Fort McKenzie and the Schefferville area, settling to varying extents depending on the location and period. NSP They eventually moved permanently to their newly built community of Kawawachikamach, 12 km northeast of Schefferville, in the early 1980s. NSP <\/p>\n\n
Despite their sedentation, the Naskapis still pursue their traditional way of life and continue to travel over Nuchimiyuschiiy to hunting, fishing, trapping and harvesting sites, culturally relevant places and other locations. NSP<\/p>\n\n
In 1978, the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach entered into the Northeastern Qu\u00e9bec Agreement (NEQA) with the Governments of Qu\u00e9bec and Canada. NSP A modern treaty within the meaning of s. NSP 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, the Northeastern Qu\u00e9bec Agreement was entered into in the same historical and political context as the James Bay and Northern Qu\u00e9bec Agreement (JBNQA), and effectively puts the Naskapis on the same footing as Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s treaty partners, as the Crees and the Inuit under the James Bay and Northern Qu\u00e9bec Agreement. NSP <\/p>\n\n
Both the Northeastern Qu\u00e9bec Agreement and James Bay and Northern Qu\u00e9bec Agreement establish the land regime for the Territory formerly known as Rupert\u2019s Land. NSP They also establish \u201careas of interest\u201d and Caribou Zones with respect to the regime governing hunting, fishing and trapping activities. NSP Namely, the Northeastern Qu\u00e9bec Agreement establishes the Naskapi Area of Primary Interest and the Area of Common Interest for the Inuit and Naskapis, which together form the Naskapi Sector, as well as the Inuit-Naskapi Caribou-Zone and the Cree-Naskapi Caribou-Zone, all of which cover most of the northeastern portion of the province of Qu\u00e9bec. NSP These areas include a significant part of the mineral-rich area known as the Labrador Trough, where mining development has taken place since the 1950s. NSP<\/p>\n\n
The Nation has also an unsettled land claim in Labrador. NSP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"