GG365 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Saskatoon Tribal Council, Native Friendship Centre, Canadian Prairies
10 Mar 2015
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Canada"s aboirignal population is predominantly urban: canada"s aboriginal population usually conceived of as beingdependent on rural and remote locations for survival of culture and society. In common with the indigenous population of other countries (e. g. the us, new zealand and australia), most (53. 2% census, 2006) live in urban locations. In many towns and cities in western canada, aboriginal population make up the largest minority population: their economic and social conditions are central to the future of these cities. Aboriginal population has not migrated" to these cities. Rather cities in western canada may be built on traditional aboriginal settlement places. Inuit population formerly referred to as eskimo: term metis" is highly contested. Sometimes refers to desendants of first nations and. European people regardless of geographic location or historical period e. g. metis population in new brunswick: at other times it refers specifically to descendants of metis nation that emerged in the.
