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Innu-aimun en · PROPN

Etymology

From Montagnais Innu-aimun.

Meanings

  1. The Montagnais language.
    • The Innu singer-songwriter Philippe Mckenzie was a trailblazing figure in the Canadian Indigenous music community. What was remarkable about his music wasn’t the folk-rock acoustic strum or the stoic, lonesome vocals. What was unique were the Innu-aimun lyrics – Mr. Mckenzie, from the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, was recording in his native tongue, a relatively uncommon practice for Indigenous artists at the time. 2024 August 4, Brad Wheeler, “Philippe Mckenzie was a trailblazing Innu folk singer and cultural catalyst”, in The Globe and Mail: