POLS 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Infant Mortality, Ipperwash Provincial Park, Ontario Provincial Police
23 Jan 2017
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Canada(cid:495)s aboriginal peoples have been in canada for a very long time and. Canada(cid:495)s aboriginal peoples are not a homogenous group. The three groups that make up canada(cid:495)s aboriginal population are first nations, metis and. First nations was the term used to replace (cid:494)indian band(cid:495). Canada there has been much ambiguity over (cid:494)indian status(cid:495) for the metis recognized first nations government exists under the umbrella federation. The metis peoples are descendants of aboriginal marriages to europeans. With a cultural mix of first nations and french. The inuit are the smallest group with between 150,000 and 200,000 mostly living in the northern territories. The inuit have a very distinct culture and language and in 1999 were part of a major move forward for aboriginal self- governance with the creation of nunavut. Here are some major government actions in aboriginal history in canada: royal proclamation of 1763. Indian rights since ignored: indian act (1876)
