INDIGST 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Indian Register, Inuit

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Indigenous Studies
• Course: INDIGST 1AA3
• Professor: Vanessa Watts

Document Summary

Nations: signifies the earliest cultures in canada metis, and are accepted as such by metis leadership groups have unique heritages, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs. Background info & misconceptions about aboriginal peoples. The term gained currency during the negotiations for the canadian constitution, 1982. Aboriginal is used to refer to indian (both status and non-status), inuit and metis, all three. Metis people are of mixed first nation and european ancestry who identify themselves as. They are distinct from first nations and inuit. Their history and culture draws on diverse ancestral origins such as scottish. Indian is used to describe the status that is assigned by the indian registrar. Are people who consider themselves indians or members of a first nation but who are not. Non status indians are not entitled to the same rights and benefits available to status. A person who regains status under the indian act.