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Map of northern North America showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples in the subarctic region, with labeled areas for groups such as Deg Xinag, Gwich'in, Tanaina, Slave, Dogrib, Chipewyan, Cree, Ojibwa, Innu, and others. Solid and dashed lines indicate cultural and drainage divisions across Alaska, Canada, and parts of the northern United States.
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Map of northern North America showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples in the subarctic region, with labeled areas for groups such as Deg Xinag, Gwich'in, Tanaina, Slave, Dogrib, Chipewyan, Cree, Ojibwa, Innu, and others. Solid and dashed lines indicate cultural and drainage divisions across Alaska, Canada, and parts of the northern United States.
Distribution of American Subarctic cultures

The Naskapi are an Indigenous people of northern Quebec and interior Labrador, Canada. They are also referred to as Naskapis. The Naskapi are part of the larger Algonquian language group, which was one of the twelve major language groups among the peoples living in what is now Canada before European contact.12

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  2. Canada - Precontact aboriginal history
  3. Native American - The Numbered Treaties and the Second Riel Rebellion

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