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First Nationn.Canadian（名词）【加拿大】- An organized aboriginal group or community, especially any of the bands officially recognized by the Canadian government.第一民族：加拿大政府承认的原住民组织团体与社区
First Nations adj.（形容词）- First Nation has gained wide acceptance in Canada since the early 1980s. Like Native American (which has little currency in Canada), First Nation provides a respectful alternative to Indian, a term that is more likely to be taken as directly offensive in Canada than it is in the United States. However, there are several differences between the Canadian and American expressions. First Nation is essentially a political term, promoted from within the indigenous community as a substitute for band in referring to any of the numerous aboriginal groups formally recognized by the Canadian government under the federal Indian Act of 1876. Unlike Native American, it is not a comprehensive term for all indigenous peoples of the Americas or even of Canada, and while it is often used loosely in referring to Indian groups or communities other than those specified in the 1876 Act, it specifically does not include non-Indian peoples such as the Inuit or the Métis. Although each recognized band or community is a First Nation, the term is more commonly used in the plural with a general collective sense, as in a history of the First Nations in eastern Canada or a program designed for First Nations youth. There is no related form for an individual who is a member of a First Nation; officially, such a person is known as a status Indian. 自20世纪80年代早期，First Nation 在加拿大就已获得普遍的认同。就像 Native American （在加拿大几乎不通用）一样， First Nation 提供了对 Indian 的另一种尊重的说法，Indian这个词在加拿大比在美国更被认为具有直接冒犯性。但是，加拿大人和美国人使用的词语还有几个差异之处。 First Nation 原意为政治词汇，由原住民居住区提出，作为 band 的替代词，指依据联邦1876年印第安法加拿大政府正式认可的众多原住民群体之一。与 Native American 不同的是，First Nation不是美国或者甚至加拿大原住民各民族的统称，常常用于随意地指称印第安部落或居住区，而不是专指1876年印第安法的范围，First Nation明确地不包括非印第安民族，如因纽特人或米提斯人。尽管每个被认可的民族或部落是 First Nation ，这个词更常在普通集合含义中用作复数，如 a history of the First Nations in eastern Canada（加拿大东部第一民族的历史） 或 a program designed for First Nations youth（第一民族年轻人设计的程序）。 并没有指作为第一民族成员中个体的相关形式；官方称这个人为 status Indian（印第安人身份）
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