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Red Deer River: Name derived from Cree place name was-ki-sioo (elk). Early Scottish settlers in area thought area's elk were same as the red deer of their home country. [54] Red River: colour of water in river (red from its high iron content). [9] Redearth Creek: soil on its shores used by Natives as body paint. [9]
The Yellow River[ a ] is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest river system on Earth, with an estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi) and a watershed of 795,000 km 2 (307,000 sq mi). Beginning in the Bayan Har Mountains, the river flows generally eastwards before entering the 1,500 km (930 mi) long Ordos Loop, which runs ...
Retrieved July 30, 2021. ^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Upper Hay River 212 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2021. ^ Reserve, settlement or village details for Utikoomak Lake 155 Reserve at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.
For Canadian people in general, see Canadians. Indigenous peoples in Canada (also known as Aboriginals) [ 2 ] are the Indigenous peoples within the boundaries of Canada. They comprise the First Nations, [ 3 ] Inuit, [ 4 ] and Métis, [ 5 ] representing roughly 5.0% of the total Canadian population.
1081.81. Notes: ^ Vancouver is Canada's eighth-largest city and British Columbia's largest city by population. The Vancouver CMA includes the cities of Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver and White Rock.
Yellowknife (/ ˈ j ɛ l oʊ n aɪ f /; Dogrib: Sǫǫ̀mbak’è) [12] is the capital, largest community, and the only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada.It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about 400 km (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River.
This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality, an Indian reserve , or an unincorporated community inside or outside a municipality.
v. t. e. Settler colonialism in Canada is the continuation and the results of the colonization of the assets of the Indigenous peoples in Canada. As colonization progressed, the Indigenous peoples were subject to policies of forced assimilation and cultural genocide. The policies signed many of which were designed to both allowed stable houses.