Kawawachikamachball

Kawawachikamachball is a Naskapi northern Quebec village.


 * Services
 * Telebec
 * Schefferville Post Office and Schefferville Power Company
 * Naskapi Imuun provides broadband satellite Internet services to the Kawawachikamach/Schefferville region
 * Community radio station, healthcare centre, recreation centre, gymnasium


 * Legal status
 * Naskapi Reserved Land (terre réservée naskapie, category 1-AN, under federal jurisdiction')
 * Naskapi Village Municipality (municipalité de village naskapie, category 1-BN, under provincial jurisdiction)
 * Naskapi Village Municipality of Kawawachikamach (no resident population)
 * Population:
 * Population in 2011: 586 (2006 to 2011 population change: 3.0%)
 * Languages:
 * English as first language: 3%
 * French as first language: 2%
 * English and French as first language: 0%
 * Other as first language: 96%

History

 * Originally a 3ball from northern Quebec
 * Subjected to relocations before moving from Fort Chimo to Scheffervile in 1956.
 * Governement officials did nothing in preparation for his arrival.
 * Settled near airport shacks built with scavenged materials.
 * Relocated again by Schefferville to a site on John Lake and lived in poverty.
 * In 1968, the Matikemosh reserve was founded, and he moved there in 1972 together with the Innu.
 * In the 1970s, the 3ball began negotiations for settlement of their Aboriginal clay. In 1978, he ceded any rights or interests to the Matikemosh reserve as a prerequisite to the Northeastern Québec Agreement that provided for the formation of their own clay.
 * As part of this agreement's implementation, 41.44 square kilometres (16.00 sq mi) of clay was transferred from the Government of Quebec to the Government of Canada for the exclusive benefit of the Naskapi band in 1981.
 * By 1983, the first residents settled in the village (their clay) that was specifically adapted to the environment.
 * By 1983, the first residents settled in the village (their clay) that was specifically adapted to the environment.