IS-1017 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Canada, Indian Reserve, Indian Act

• School: University of Winnipeg
• Department: INDIGENOUS STUDIES
• Course: IS-1017
• Professor: Darren Courchene

Document Summary

Aboriginal peoples: the collective noun used in the constitution act 1982 and includes the indian (first nations), inuit and metis peoples. When referring to aboriginal people with a lower case people, you are simply referring to more than one aboriginal person rather than the collective group of aboriginal peoples. American indian: american indian is a commonly-used term in the united. States to describe the descendants of the original peoples of north america (see also native americans). Some people are dissatisfied with this term because it retains the misnomer indian in its name and covers peoples who consider themselves distinct from the indian peoples, namely the inuit, yupik ad aleut peoples in alaska. Autonym: defined as a term used by peoples to self-identify within their own cultural milieu and language, in manitoba the indigenous people use the following autonyms: Eskimo: eskimo is the term once given to inuit by european explorers and is now rarely used in canada.