HLSC 3820U Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Health Canada, Public Health, Inuit Languages
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It is defined as indigenous peoples who are and remain the earliest or initial inhabitants of a place or land. There are over 350 million indigenous people representing more than 5000 unique cultures in over 70 countries globally. There is archeological evidence for the presence of humans in northern yukon dating. Archeological evidence reveals that southern ontario was inhabited 9,500 years ago by. It is notable that the cultural and linguistic variations amongst first nations, inuit, and. Metis are reported to be greater than the sum total of all european nations combined. Prior to european contact, there were over 2000 distinct languages spoken. Canadian constitution (bna act 1867) was amended in 1982, and now legally recognizes the status treaty rights of all first nations people, inuit, metis. In january 2013, the federal court in ottawa ruled that metis and non-status indians have the same rights as status treaty indians, in accordance with the canadian charter of.