THIS NATION IS IN QUEBEC. THEY ARE ALLIES OF MONTAGNAIS AND ADVERSARIES OF THE UNUIT. THERE ARE ABOUT 5000 ATTIKAMEKU HERE TODAY. THEY HAD LITTLE CONTACT WITH EUROPEANS AND NO ARMED CONFLICT WITH THEM. THEIR CLOSE NEIGHBORS THE INNU. GAVE THEM DEVASTATING EPIDEMICS. THE FUR TRADE BETWEEN MONTAGNAIS AND THE FRENCH WOUND UP DRAWING THE ATTIKANEKU INTO A WAR. THE INUIT DID NOT FARE SO WELL. DAMS AND RESERVOIRS FLOODED THEIR LANDS. THEY ARE SUFFERING FROM MERCURY POISONING. THIS IS DUE TO HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS. THEY STILL HOWEVER HAVE THEIR LANDS AND PRACTICE TRADITIONAL CULTURE.
THEIR NAME MEANS A 'WHITEFISH'. THEIR LAND IS UNDER THEIR CONTROL. THEY HAVE VARIOUS BANDS THAT ARE POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT. EACH BAND HAS A CHIEF. THEY ARE CANADIAN CITIZENS AND MUST OBEY CANADIAN LAW. THEY HAVE THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE AND THEY LIVED IN CONE SHAPED TIPIS WITH CARIBOU SKINS AND WOODEN FRAME. TODAY THEY LIVE IN MODERN HOUSES. THEY WORE BUCKSKIN OUTFITS AND BUILT CANOES AND TOBAGANS. THEY KEPT TO THEMSELVES.
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