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independence from outside consul-
tants, back to a place of autonomy.
The Naskapi are now developing their
homeland, notably through economic
development and community rein-
forcement. Economic Development
Projects include the Schefferville
Airport Corporation - Runway Main-
tenance (with Naskapi Development
Corp./Montagnais of Matimekosh/
Lac John ); the James Bay TransTaiga
Road Maintenance (with Naskapi
Adoshouana Services/NDC subsid-
iary); Naskapi Typonomy Project
(with Naskapi Adoshouana Services/
NDC subsidiary); the Menihek Power
Dam and Facilities (with Kawawa-
chikamach Energy Services Inc.);
the Enterprise, Resource, Planning,
and Management Software (Naskapi
Imuun Inc. (Naskapi Nation)).
These endeavours are being used to
create resources that can be returned
directly to the community, and to
