| Summary: | naskapi The name Nascaupee is a slighting term given to the northern Indians by their more sophisticated neighbours of the south. Originally the word seems to have meant ignorant, unlearned, but is now connected usually with pagan or heathen people who have not had religious instruction: . . . Their immediate neighbours call the eastern Nascaupees _Mushauau-eo_, "Barren-ground People" . . . . The Nascaupees' name for themselves is Nenenat, "True or Ideal People." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story, 11/74 JH 11/74 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used
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