Kawawachikamach (Naskapi reserved land)
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Kawawachikamach ᑲᐛᐛᒋᑲᒪᒡ |
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| Naskapi reserved land | ||
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 Kawawachikamach
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| Coordinates: 54°52′N 66°46′W / 54.867°N 66.767°WCoordinates: 54°52′N 66°46′W / 54.867°N 66.767°W | ||
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Côte-Nord | |
| RCM | None | |
| Constituted | September 10, 1981 | |
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| • Chief | Isaac Pien | |
| • Federal riding | Manicouagan | |
| • Prov. riding | Duplessis | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 41.20 km2 (15.91 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 30.83 km2 (11.90 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 586 | |
| • Density | 19.0/km2 (49/sq mi) | |
| • Pop (2006–11) |
 3.0% |
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| • Dwellings | 169 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | G0G 2Z0 | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 | |
Kawawachikamach (Naskapi: ᑲᐛᐛᒋᑲᒪᒡ/Kawâwâchikamach) is a Naskapi/Iyiyiw First Nations reserve and community at the south end of Lake Matemace (where it joins Lake Peter), approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of Schefferville, Quebec, Canada. It belongs to the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach. The village was built by the Naskapi/Iyiyiw from 1980 to 1983. The language spoken is Iyiyiw-Imuun, a dialect closely related to Innu and Iynu (East Cree) and English. The name means "the winding river".
Access to the village is by way of Schefferville Airport or railway from Sept-Îles to Schefferville, then by way of a 15 km (9 mi) road from the centre of Schefferville. With the demise of Schefferville as a residential centre for the iron ore mining operations, Kawawachikamach and Matimékush are now the main communities in the region.
Telephone and postal services are still provided from the Schefferville exchange by Telebec and from the Schefferville Post Office, while electricity is provided by the Schefferville Power Company. The Naskapi/Iyiyiw provide their own policing services. Naskapi Imuun provides broadband satellite Internet services to the Kawawachikamach/Schefferville region. Other services include a community radio station, a healthcare centre, a recreation centre and a gymnasium.
Its formal legal status is a Naskapi Reserved Land (terre réservée naskapie, category 1-AN, under federal jurisdiction). There is also a separate, non-contiguous Naskapi Village Municipality (municipalité de village naskapie, category 1-BN, under provincial jurisdiction) of the same name, some distance to the north. The entire population lives on the Reserved Land; despite its title, the Naskapi Village Municipality of Kawawachikamach has no resident population and is for the exclusive use of Naskapi for hunting or other activities. The Naskapi Reserved Land is south of the 55th parallel and is geographically located within the Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality of the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, although not juridically a part of it; the Naskapi Village Municipality is north of 55 and is within the Kativik Territory.
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