HLTB41H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Indian Health Service, Infant Mortality, Jake Epp
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Chapter 7 canada"s aboriginal peoples and health: the. Aboriginal peoples - all the original peoples in north america and their descendants. Canadian constitution act 1982 recognizes three distinct groups: indians (first nations), First nations - all those people called indians. Metis - people of aboriginal and mixed european ancestry. Inuit - replaces term eskimo, aboriginal people who live primarily in arctic canada. Indigenous peoples - used interchangeably with term aboriginal peoples. Each group has its own unique history, languages, spiritual beliefs and cultural practices. Almost 4 percent of the total canadian population is one of three aboriginal groups. 33 percent metis that speak a variety of first nations languages, in the west, alberta. 4 percent inuit, smallest group, different dialects, linguistic and geographic diversity among the different regions, arctic canada, nunavut (half), nwt, northern quebec and labrador. 633 first nations bands, 52 nations or cultural groups, more than 60 languages.
