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First Nations is a term of ethnicity used in Canada that has widely replaced the use of the word "Indian". It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. The proper terms to refer to the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis collectively is Aboriginal peoples in Canada or First peoples or Indigenous peoples, tribes, or nations. A national representative body of the "First Nations" people in Canada is the Assembly of First Nations.

Geographic distribution

The Inuit and Métis. Each of these main groups contain many tribes, each of whom have adapted to their environments which are all slightly different. The four main groups can be subdivided by the following geographic areas:

Related Topics:
Inuit - Métis

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Pacific coast and mountains

These people traditionally ate fish, primarily salmon and silvery eulachon from the ocean, as well as fish from lakes and rivers, and roots and berries. Recently discovered clam gardens suggest that they were not limited only to hunting and gathering.'They made use of the forests of the Pacific to build dug-out canoes, and houses made of evenly-split planks of wood. They used tools made of stone and wood. The native peoples of the Pacific coast also made totem poles, a trait attributed to other tribes as well. In 2000 an land claim was settled between the Nisga'a people of British Columbia and the provincial government, resulting in the transfer of over 2,000 kilometres of land to the Nisga'a. Major ethnicities include the:

Related Topics:
Salmon - Eulachon - Clam garden - Canoe - Totem pole - 2000 - Land claim - Nisga'a - British Columbia

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Plains

These people traditionally used tipis covered with skins as their homes. Their main sustenance was the buffalo, which they used as food, as well as for all their garments. The leaders of some Plains tribes wore large headdresses made of feathers, something which is wrongfully attributed by some to all First Nations peoples. The Tsuu T'ina Nation are a notable First Nation in Alberta as their territory now borders the city of Calgary. Major ethnicies include the:

Related Topics:
Tipis - Buffalo - Tsuu T'ina Nation - Alberta - Calgary

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Northeast woodlands

Major ethnicies include the:

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Atlantic coastal region

St. Lawrence River Valley

The largest First Nations group near the St. Lawrence waterway are the Iroquois. This area also includes the Wyandot (formerly referred to as the Huron) peoples of central Ontario, and the League of Five Nations who had lived in the United States, south of Lake Ontario. Major ethnicities include the:

Related Topics:
Iroquois - Wyandot - Ontario - United States - Lake Ontario

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Canadian Arctic

Major ethnicities include the:

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◄ First Nations: "Band" , "First Nation" and "Indigenous peoples, tribes, or nations"
First Nations: Historical treatment ►

~ Table of Content ~

►Introduction
►"Band" , "First Nation" and "Indigenous peoples, tribes, or nations"
►Geographic distribution
►Historical treatment
►See also
►External links

 

 

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