Although they hold no formal legal title to the land at this time, negotiations are still ongoing to determine their indigenous rights.

In July 1949, the Government of Quebec offered to the Innu population land with an area of 1.3 ha (3.2 acres) in order to create a reserve.

In the early 1960s, in order to provide essential services, the federal government decided to incorporate the Saint-Augustin group with the band at La Romaine reserve and relocated them there.

[5] On June 4, 1971, the Quebec Ministry of Lands and Forests authorized the Government of Canada to build houses for the First Nations people of Saint Augustin on the current site.

As of the 2016 Canadian census mother tongues spoken are as follows:[3] Population trend (1991 - 2016): There is only one school on the settlement, École Pakuashipish, that provides pre-Kindergarten to Secondary grade 4, and had an enrolment of 88 students in 2008-2009.