SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Native Americans
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Native Canadians
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First Nations
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Maori
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Canadian Constitution recognizes 3 groups of Aboriginal peoples: Indians (more commonly referred to as First Nations), Inuit and Métis. These are 3 distinct peoples with unique histories, languages, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs.
Detailed explanation-2: -First Nations is a term used to describe Indigenous peoples in Canada who are distinct from Métis or Inuit. Section 35 of the Constitution Act of 1982 declares that Aboriginal peoples (the legal term used for Indigenous peoples) in Canada include Indian (First Nations), Inuit and Métis peoples.
Detailed explanation-3: -The largest of the First Nations groups is the Cree, which includes some 120, 000 people. In Canada the word Indian has a legal definition given in the Indian Act of 1876.