Tipatshimuna 
Wooden spoon or ladle – mishtiku-emikuan
In traditional Innu culture, one of the most important events was the communal feast known...
Toboggan – shumin-utapanashkᵘ
Over the last century the Innu have used three types of vehicles to transport food...
Doll – innikueu
Innikueu (dolls) were made by Innu men and women for their children. Both male and female...
Spear – shimakan
Innu made spears and harpoons from wood, caribou bone and antlers with chert stone, quartzite...
Snowshoes – asham
The Innu along with other First Nations of North America have contributed five well-known items...
Sling – uepanishinan
In the days before settlement, the division between work and play was not great among...
Caribou skin coat – pishakanakup
In the old days before the Innu were settled in government built villages, they used...
Leister – uashuakanashkᵘ
In the days before settlement the Innu had three ways of fishing: with nets (anapi),...
Fleshing tool – mitshikun; scraper or beamer
Two very important tools are used to prepare caribou hides: mitshikun (fleshing tool) and pashkuatshikan (scraper or beamer). Once...
Dog harness – atim-utapaniapi
Always quick to adopt new technology that would ease the burden of life, the Mushuaunnuat...
Cup and pin game, pin and boughs game – tapaikan
Innu men, women and children played games after feasts, and on other occasions after the...
Crooked knife – mukutakan
Apart from an ushtashku (axe), one can think of no other tool as important to the Innu
Corral – menikan
In the days before guns, many First Nations across North America devised ingenious ways to...
Canoe – ush
The canoe in the collection of the Provincial Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador is known...
Bow – atshapi / arrow – akashkᵘ
How would you survive on the land today without a gun? If you had a...