mu-SHOW-oo IN-nu | Mushuau Innu First Nation

The Mushuau Innu First Nation is an Indigenous community located in Natuashish, Newfoundland and Labrador, traditionally known for their caribou hunting and nomadic lifestyle.

POPULATION

1,242

Rank #281 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

42.7 KM²

Rank #235 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

11/17/2025

Term Expiration

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Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-08-06 23:45:57 UTC

Name

Mushuau Innu First Nation (ISC Code: 32)

Former Names

Mushuau Innu Band, Davis Inlet Band

Band Style

First Nation

Cultural Area

Labrador

Indigenous Language

Innu-aimun

Number of Registered Members

1242

Band Website

Not Available

Phone Number

(709) 478-2774

Fax Number

(709) 478-8841

Address

PO BOX 190, Natuashish, NL

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

JOHN NUI

Term Expires

11/17/2025

Number of Council Members

JOHN NUI

Chief

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PATRICIA ANDREW

Councillor

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MARY DICKER

Councillor

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ANGELA PASTEEN

Councillor

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SEBASTIAN PIWAS

Councillor

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LEN RICH

Councillor

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MATHIAS RICH

Councillor

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

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Band Financial Statements

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2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements

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2019 - Report Not Available

2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements

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2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements

2011 - Mushuau Innu First Nation20112012.pdf

2010 - Mushuau Innu First Nation20102011.pdf

2009 - Mushuau Innu First Nation20092010.pdf

2008 - Mushuau Innu First Nation20082009.pdf

2007 - Mushuau Innu First Nation20072008.pdf

2006 - Mushuau Innu First Nation20062007.pdf

2005 - Mushuau Innu First Nation20052006.pdf

2004 - Mushuau Innu First Nation20042005.pdf

2003 - Mushuau Innu First Nation20032004.pdf

2002 - Mushuau Innu First Nation20022003.pdf

Band Council Remuneration

2024 - Report Not Available

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2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

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2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

Band Owned Corporations

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Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

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Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

No active court cases at this time.

Downloadable Court Records

Poker v. Mushuau Innu First Nation

Mushuau Innu First Nation Band Order

O'Brien v Mushuau Innu First Nation

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 9529
NATUASHISH 2
4267.3 Hectares

[55.92571969999999, -61.1677812]

News Coverage Summary

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Media Reports

Canada invests in 13 Indigenous-led clean energy projects

Innu Nation, Hydro-Quebec reach Churchill Falls agreement

Rich diversity

Innu Nation pulling out of N.L. premier's Indigenous roundtable

Federal government supporting 13 indigenous-led energy projects

The Government of Canada is supporting 13 Indigenous-led clean energy projects through the Low Carbon Economy Fund’s Indigenous Leadership Fund

Redressing the Past and Building for the Future: Innu Nation and Hydro-Québec Come to a Reconciliation and Collaboration Agreement

Innu Nation supports review of Senate bill it says would grant national park land rights to Nunatukavut members

Innu Nation taking N.L. back to court over Muskrat Falls rate mitigation deal

Inquiry into treatment of Innu children in child welfare system starts

Innu Nation boycotts Trudeau’s apology to residential school survivors

Northern Ranger to sail again on Labrador coast

'Teenagers are sad, and adults don't even know': Innu teen voices amplified through hip-hop song

Etienne Rich named new grand chief of Innu Nation

Premier Furey won't remove Perry Trimper from caucus, but says his 'political career is done'

Inside Ottawa’s failure to fix the First Nations drinking water crisis

‘The origins of our people are the origins of the animals’

Government knew about fire safety risk on this reserve but didn’t act until after fire: sources

Innu Mount Cashel survivor calls for apology to Indigenous people during Pope's visit to Canada

A process of healing for the Labrador Innu: Improving health and wellbeing in the context of historical and contemporary colonialism

Funding Awarded for 14 Indigenous Violence Prevention Initiatives

The journey

Fourteen Indigenous-led initiatives to prevent violence and promote healing awarded funding by N.L. government

In northern Labrador, leaders are limiting access to communities

Risky water systems pose health threat to one-third of people on First Nation reserves

Funding Awarded for 15 Indigenous Violence Prevention Initiatives - News Releases

Innu Nation says departure from N.L. Premier's Indigenous Round Table should 'not come as a surprise'

Mushuau boys walk 100 km to reconnect with traditional nomadic Innu life

'Stop using your white privilege': Innu Nation slams Nunatukavut as Ottawa court hearing postponed

'They're doing it right on the street': New gas-sniffing crisis grips Natuashish Innu

2 Innu communities are looking to culture, tradition and language for students' success

Innu groups file human rights complaint over inadequate school spending in Labrador

Innu Mount Cashel survivor calls for apology to Indigenous people during Pope's visit to Canada

Aboriginal population and identity by province

Labrador Innu want to control their destiny, but negotiations still ongoing — decades later

Innu Nation working to flip the thesis on how research is done on Innu land

'Stop using your white privilege': Innu Nation slams Nunatukavut as Ottawa court hearing postponed

A decade after the people of Davis Inlet were relocated, they are still hunting demons

“Stop stealing our children!”

Our land: Mapping Nitassinan

Innu of Labrador withdraw from Premier’s Indigenous Round Table

Two decades after relocation, Innu grapple with future of Davis Inlet and new home

National First Nations group applauds Labrador Innu groups' human rights complaint

OPINION: 'Labrador deserves better': Indigenous identity debate between NCC, Nunatsiavut government and Innu Nation disheartening

‘System doesn’t work for us’: Innu Nation readies itself for public inquiry into Innu children in care

Land Claims - Office of Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation

Innu sue province, feds over Muskrat Falls rate mitigation deal

Innu Nation pulling out of N.L. premier's Indigenous roundtable

SOI Foundation Renews Partnership with Innu Nation

Academic Research

Mushuau Innu First Nation

History, tradition & aboriginal rights: a harvesters' support programme for the Mushuau Innu of Utshimassits

Moving and moving forward: Mushuau Innu relocation from Davis Inlet to Natuashish

" We were told we were going to live in houses": relocation and housing of the Mushuau Innu of Natuashish from 1948 to 2003

Innu minuinniuin: Understanding ways of achieving wellbeing among the Labrador Innu

Re/Locating the Mushuau Innu of Utshimassits in the Canadian Press 1993-2002

Phonological sketch of Mushuau Innu (Davis Inlet Naskapi)

A colonial double-bind: Social and historical contexts of Innu mental health

(Re) Visiting the North: Reflections from the Mushuau-nipi (George River)

Conscious choice of convenience: the relocation of the Mushuau Innu of Davis Inlet, Labrador

The dispossession of the Innu and the colonial magic of Canadian Liberalism

Innu development limited partnership and the Mushuau and Sheshatshiu First Nations

Ethno-History and Archaeology of the Mushuau Innuts

Mushuau Innu First Nation

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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