First Nations: Abenaki People, Squaw, Nakota, Gender Roles in First Nations and Native American Tribes, List of First Nations Peoples

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Abenaki people, Squaw, Nakota, Gender roles in First Nations and Native American tribes, List of First Nations peoples, Aboriginal Based Organized Crime, Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands, Jordan's principle, Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Indian Register, Oswegatchie people, Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, Indian settlement, Treaty Indian. Excerpt: First Nations is a term of ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Metis. There are currently over 630 recognised First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The total population is nearly 700,000 people. Under the Employment Equity Act, First Nations are a designated group, along with women, visible minorities, and persons with physical or mental disabilities. They are not defined as a visible minority under the Act or by the criteria of Statistics Canada. The term First Nations (most often used in the plural) has come into general use for the indigenous peoples of the Americas located in what is now Canada, except for the Arctic-situated Inuit, and peoples of mixed European-First Nations ancestry called Metis. The singular, commonly used on culturally politicised reserves, is the term First Nations person (when gender-specific, First Nations man or First Nations woman). A more recent trend is for members of various nations to refer to themselves by their tribal or national identity only, e.g., I'm Haida, or We're Kwantlens, in recognition of the distinctiveness of First Nations ethnicities. North American indigenous peoples have cultures spanning thousands of years. Some of their oral traditions accurately describe historical events, such as the Cascadia Earthquake of...