PSCI 2002 Lecture 3: Week 3
Document Summary
The constitution act and the census divide our aboriginal peoples into three categories: north. American indian, m tis, and inuit, but the first group now prefers to be called first nations, and indigenous has replaced aboriginal in the name of the department. We sometimes also distinguish between two categories, those of indigenous origin and those of indigenous identity. Distribution of indigenous peoples by province and territory, 2011. History: the indigenous peoples were here thousands of years before anyone else. Aboriginal peoples concerned: both in its concrete terms and in its spirit ( the several nations or tribes of. Indians who live under our protection, should not be molested or disturbed ; to the. The british need for military assistance decreased as the need for more land for settlers steadily increased. Aboriginal peoples, who had occupied the land for millennia, were left out.