The
Naskapi (Nascapi, Naskapee, Nascapee) or
Naskapi Innu are the
Innu First Nation inhabitants of an area referred to by many Innu to as
Nitassinan, which comprises most of what other Canadians refer to as eastern
Quebec and
Labrador,
Canada. The Naskapi themselves use a different word in their language to refer to this land, st'aschinuw, ᒋᑦ ᐊᔅᒋᓄᐤ (chit-aschinuw) which is the 2nd person plural inclusive possessive form of the noun ᐊᔅᒋᔾ (aschiy) 'land' or 'earth'.