Suggested reading

References concerning the Innu

Pepamuteiati Nitassinan (Labrador Innu Place Names)

Innu-aimun (Innu language)

Visit the new website dedicated to Innu-aimun - www.innu-aimun.ca

• Linguistic Analysis of the Word Ashkui (an area of open water)
• Nukum Utapatshimuna - Eti Antane
• Tshenuts miste senitamuts - Pinip Rich

Innu-aitun (making things, doing things - skills and crafts)

• Description of utapanashku manufacture by Lucien Turner, 1894
• Kapminaute: the Innu "Round Wigwam"
• To Please the Caribou: Innu Caribou-skin Coats
• Utapanikashu the Innu toboggan (steps in making a toboggan)
• Uanaikan - the Innu deadfall trap

Innu spirituality

• ‘Spirituality' among the Inuit and Innu of Labrador. By Adrian Tanner, Robin McGrath and Carol Brice Bennett. A Background Report for The Environmental Impact Assessment of the Voisey's Bay Mine and Mill Project
• Mani-Matinen Nuna Talks About Shaking Tents and Anikunapeu (the Toadman)
• Respect for the Animal Masters
• Respect for the Caribou in 1860
• Scapulamancy: Communicating with the Animal Masters
• The Shaking Tent
• The World of Animal Masters
• The World of Mishtapeut

Innu tipatshimuna (stories)

• Assimilation of the Innu: A Discussion between Sylvestre Andrew and Pien Gregoire, August 1984
• Hard to Say Goodbye to Emish - Tshishennish Pasteen
• Innu Elders Have the Knowledge - Pinip Rich
• Interview with the late Mary Jane Pasteen, Utshimassit
• Looking for the caribou - Shushepish Rich
• Shushep Nuna talks about Meshikamau
• Stories from Nukum - Etienne Andrew
• ^{Tshishenish Pasteen talks about his life at Mushuau-shipu (George River)}

Innu atanukana (myths)

NB - www.innu-aimun.ca presents many Innu myths in Innu-aimun.

• Fish
• How Anikunapeu Took A Wife
• Innu Mythology
• Mashkussuts: Bear Cubs
• Maminteu: Cannibals
• Pishu: The Lynx
• Tshakapesh and the Elephant Monster
• Why Matshishkapeu is Stronger than the Caribou Master

Innu related archaeology

• 1998 Historic Resources Overview Assessment, Churchill River Power Project
• Innu archaeological team discovers Maritime Archaic site while surveying for Labrador Hydro Project
• Innu Dig into own History
• Successful 1996 Archaeological Survey Programme Completed at Voisey's Bay

Exploration and adventure in Innu territory

• A.P. Low's Account of the Michikamau Lake Area (1892-95)
• Excerpts from J.M. Scott. 1933. The Land that God Gave Cain: An Account of the H.G. Watkins' Expedition to Labrador, 1928-1929
• Exploring the Kenemu. Lionel Leslie account. 1931. Wilderness Trails in Three Continents.
• Excerpts from Henry G. Bryant. 1913. An Exploration in Southeastern Labrador.
• In Labrador Wilds. Lionel Leslie account. 1931. Wilderness Trails in Three Continents.
• Missus Hubbard
• William Brooks Cabot's 1920 travel with the Innu from Saint-Augustin to Cartwright

Place names

• Manitu-utshu: the Spirit Mountain
• Mishtamishku-shipu: the Giant Beaver River
• Tshishkuetutsheunnu's Island
• Pepamuteiati Nitassinan (Labrador Innu Place Names)
• The Origin of the Placename Sheshatshu (Sheshatshiu)
• The Innu name for Mokami Hill

Bibliography of Innu works

Miscelleneous

• The Story of the Disappearing Apishtiss (Brant)
• Dogs of the Labrador Indians - Frank Speck Article, 1925
• Gathering Voices: Finding Strength to Help Our Children
• Historic Innu Travel Routes and Camps in the Lake Melville Region of Labrador
• In Memory of Matthew Rich
• Innu Atimat: Notes on the Innu hunting dog
• Innu Material Culture Objects at the Newfoundland Museum. Objets culturels au Musée de Terre Neuve
• Innu Tea Dolls
• James Fenimore Cooper in Labrador. Review by Russell Barsh
• Nutshipaustukueshish
• Sheilagh Harvey's Exhibition of Paintings of Labrador Innu
• Sheilagh Harvey Exhibition - Peter Penashue Presentation
• Tshishennuat (Elder) biographies for the Innu Pilot Project web site