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The following is a list of Native reserves in Quebec, Canada. It includes only the reserves that are officially designated as Indian reserve and fall under the jurisdiction of the Canadian government's Department of Indian and Northern Affairs .
Name as used by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada First Nation(s) Ethnic/national group Tribal council Treaty Area Population [5] Notes ha acre
An application was made to the Nova Scotia Geographic Information Service in late 2016 to rename Squaw Island, Cape Negro, Cape Negro Island and Negro Harbour in Shelburne County. [43] In 2017, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service renamed the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Missouri to Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge in 2017.
The list of new names can be found on the U.S. Geological Survey website with a map of locations. Where ‘Squaw’ has been removed from place names Source: U.S. Department of the Interior.
However, many aboriginal people served by the centre do not have status. [1] [2] In 1987 the Native Woman's Shelter of Montreal was established. In 1990 another social epidemic was addressed with the organization of the first Native AIDS/HIV Conference in Quebec. In 1993, the Urban Aboriginal Economic Development Department was established.
Officials have approved the removal of the derogatory term "squaw" from over 30 geographic features and place names on California lands. California removes slur targeting Indigenous women from ...
Indigenous peoples in Quebec (Quebec French: peuples autochtones du Québec) total eleven distinct ethnic groups.The one Inuit community and ten First Nations communities number 141,915 people and account for approximately two per cent of the population of Quebec, Canada.
This list of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin contains Canadian places whose names originate from the words of the First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, collectively referred to as Indigenous Peoples. When possible, the original word or phrase used by Indigenous Peoples is included, along with its generally believed meaning.