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  2. List of First Nations peoples in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The native peoples of the Pacific coast also make totem poles, a trait attributed to other tribes as well. In 2000 a land claim was settled between the Nisga'a people of British Columbia and the provincial government, resulting in the return of over 2,000 square kilometres of land to the Nisga'a.

  3. Indigenous peoples in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Ottawa, the name of Canada's capital city, comes from the Algonquin language term adawe, meaning 'to trade'. [164] Modern youth groups, such as Scouts Canada and the Girl Guides of Canada, include programs based largely on Indigenous lore, arts and crafts, character building and outdoor camp craft and living. [165]

  4. List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin - Wikipedia

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    Sounding Lake, in the Neutral Hills. Name is based on Native legend wherein a Great Eagle, Mikisew, emerges from the waters and takes off across the hills, its great wings making a noise like thunder. [38] Spirit River translation of Cree name for nearby water-course chipi-sipi "spirit river" (Hugh A. Dempsey, Indian Names for Alberta ...

  5. List of Indian reserves in Canada - Wikipedia

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    There are only three actual Indian reserves in the Northwest Territories, Hay River Dene 1, Salt River 195 and Salt Plains 195. All other places are Indian settlements. The Smith's Landing First Nation is, according to INAC, headquartered in the NWT but are listed as an Alberta First Nations.

  6. List of placenames of Indigenous origin in the Americas

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    Missinaibi Provincial Park: Cree for "pictured waters," thought to refer to the pictographs found on rock faces along the river. Mississauga: Named for the native tribe of the Mississaugas; Mississippi Mills: May originate from Mazinaa[bikinigan]-ziibi, Algonquian for "[painted] image river", referring to the pictographs found on Mazinaw Lake.

  7. First Nations in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The parallel term Native Canadian is not commonly used, but Native (in English) and Autochtone (in Canadian French; from the Greek auto, own, and chthon, land) are. Under the Royal Proclamation of 1763, [22] also known as the "Indian Magna Carta," [23] the Crown referred to Indigenous peoples in British territory as tribes or nations.

  8. List of place names of Native American origin in the United ...

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    Osawatomie – a compound of two primary Native American Indian tribes from the area, the Osage and Pottawatomie; Tonganoxie – derives its name from a member of the Delaware tribe that once occupied land in what is now Leavenworth County and western Wyandotte County; Topeka – from Kansa dóppikʔe, "a good place to dig wild potatoes"

  9. Indigenous peoples in Northern Canada - Wikipedia

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    Clyde River (Kangiqtugaapik, ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ) Coral Harbour (Salliit, ᓴᓪᓖᑦ) Gjoa Haven (Uqsuqtuuq, ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ) Grise Fiord (Aujuittuq, ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ) Igloolik (Iglulik, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ) Iqaluit (territorial capital) (ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ) Kimmirut (ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ) Kinngait (ᑭᙵᐃᑦ)

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