Any of the groups of indigenous peoples of Canada officially recognized as an administrative unit by the federal government or functioning as such without official status. The term is generally understood to exclude the Inuit and Metis.
He will not quibble about the cost of this process because Canada owes First Nations more than it can ever repay.
I am a final year Australian law student and I've come to Canada for my final semester to study First Nations law.
Unlike many First Nations people in Canada, the Inuit have always given Canada the benefit of the doubt.
This respect should be expanded to embrace all aspects of First Nations culture within North America.
Frequently they do it from an office far from the First Nation and rarely visit the community, often only twice-monthly to deliver cheques.
The report also stated that Canada has tried to fit all First Nations into the same box.
The Six Nations councillor representing a B.C. First Nation raised his hands and remained in his chair.
There is disagreement within the First Nations community about that.
Everyone recognizes that the Assembly of First Nations is an unwieldy organization in dire need of reform.
One of the problems with our education has been the government's approach to First Nations communities.
Talks between the First Nation and the federal and provincial governments broke off in 1995.
Specific claims arise when the federal government breaches its agreements with First Nations.
Since when were the First Nations of Canada homogenous, or even similar?
It is time a party began to work towards settlement with the First Nations people of Canada.
I spent the first months meeting people and listening to our 11 First Nations communities.
This action by the minister to silence us is an ominous sign for all First Nations organizations in Canada.
The balance of power between colonial interests was controlled by the First Nations until the American civil war.
Canada holds in trust a little over a billion dollars that belongs to the First Nations communities.
It is the largest First Nation community in Manitoba, with an on-reserve population of approximately 3,065 residents.
She was the first First Nations woman in Canada to obtain a law degree.
Definition of First Nation in US English:
First Nation
noun
Any of the groups of indigenous peoples of Canada officially recognized as an administrative unit by the federal government or functioning as such without official status. The term is generally understood to exclude the Inuit and Metis.