Cancelled conference doesn't mark end to dispute between Innu and N.L.

Innu Nation rejects apology from N.L. government that doesn’t mention 300-year history cap

Innu cultural guardian Jodie Ashini was down to the last four days of getting the Innu Pakassiun (or “Innu Tools for Survival”) exhibit ready for its opening on Indigenous Peoples Day last week when she got a call from executives at The Rooms gallery in Northwest River, Labrador. Ashini said directors at the provincial gallery told her they’d received a message from the government of Newfoundland & Labrador (N.L.) that it didn’t believe in the I…

Cancelled conference doesn't mark end to dispute between Innu and N.L.

Hundreds of Expo Labrador conference attendees are dealing with the fallout of a sudden cancellation in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

Innu Nation 'moved to anger, to strength' after accusing province of censoring history

Philip Earle, Liberal Member of Parliament for ‘Labrador,’ views an Innu history timeline during a visit to Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation on Wedneday. The timeline was meant to be displayed in a provincial museum last Sunday — before the event was cancelled by Innu Nation. Photo courtesy Greg Locke/Innu Nation Fallout continues from the last-minute cancellation of an exhibition of Innu culture and history in “Newfoundland and Labrador” — after i…

Wakeham Disappointed Over Last-Minute Cancellation of Expo Labrador

Premier Tony Wakeham says he is disappointed that Expo Labrador 2026 has been cancelled. The event was supposed to take place over the next three days, but was cancelled at the last-minute because a resolution has not yet been reached in an ongoing dispute between the Innu Nation and the province. Wakeham, Indigenous relations minister Lela Evans, and area MHA Keith Russell met with Innu leadership earlier this week and brought forward several p…