The peoples who inhabited North America prior to European colonization.
what Canadians call Native Americans, which is more appropriate since nobody is native to North and Sud América ( language=Canadian)
The Native Peoples of Canada. Since Mohawks, Cree, Ojibway and other peoples consider themselves nations, the national aboriginal federation changed its name to the Assembly of First Nations in the late 1980s or early 1990s.
The preferred name of the Indigenous and first people of Canada to describe what are sometimes referred to as 'bands' or 'tribes'. There are over 600 First Nations across Canada. (The description does not refer to the Inuit or Metis).
All the groups of Native people in North America, except the Inuit. Europeans called them "Indians" at first because they had darker skin than the Europeans, and because the Europeans thought they had reached India.
The Native peoples who have been living in North America before and since the Europeans came, except the Inuit. Europeans called them "Indians" at first because they had darker skin than the Europeans, and because the Europeans thought they had reached India.
the self-determined political and organizational unit of the aboriginal community that has the power to negotiate, on a government-to-government basis, with B.C. and Canada.
In Canadian usage, this is applied to Indian bands or Indian communities functioning as a band. This term does not include the Inuit or Metis. First Nations is also sometimes used simply to replace the word "Indian." Return to Theme
(Premières nations) Indian bands. See also: band
the earliest settlers in Canada; the term includes native North American Indians and the Inuit.
First Nations is a term of ethnicity used in Canada. It refers to Indigenous of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. Collectively, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples are known as Aboriginal peoples, First peoples, or Indigenous peoples, bands, or nations.