Posted: Apr 28, 2021 4:39 PM NT | Last Updated: April 28
Innu Nation elder Sebastien Penunsi, right, and former MP Peter Penashue sit together at the Muskrat Falls inquiry, where Penunsi gave an oral history of the Innu's links to Churchill River and Lake Melville.(Terry Roberts/CBC)
Innu in Labrador are paying their respects to a renowned elder, Sebastien Penunsi, who bridged eras of dramatic change while gathering knowledge that was critical to land claim negotiations.
Penunsi, 91, died late last week.
Born in 1930, Penunsi lived much of his life on the land, and was perhaps the last nomadic Innu to have followed the caribou herds as they traveled vast distances across Labrador.