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Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada First Nation(s) Ethnic/national group Tribal council Treaty Area Population [182] Notes ha acre 2016 2011 % difference Annapolis Valley First Nation Reserve [183] Annapolis Valley: Miꞌkmaq: Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq: n/a: 59.0 145.8: 140: 144-2.8%: Bear River 6 [184] Bear River: Miꞌkmaq ...
The term squaw is considered offensive by Indigenous peoples in America and Canada due to its use for hundreds of years in a derogatory context [3] that demeans Native American women. This has ranged from condescending images (e.g., picture postcards depicting "Indian squaw and papoose ") to racialized epithets.
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.
Currently for Canada, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 10 provinces and 3 territories. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is CA, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Canada. The second part is two letters, which is the postal abbreviation for the province or territory.
The SGC code format for provinces and territories is XY, where X is the above regional prefix, and Y is a further identifier incrementing from east to west. Taken as a single digit, each value of Y is unique within the province group, or unique within the territory group. 10: Newfoundland and Labrador 11: Prince Edward Island 12: Nova Scotia
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.
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Full list of Tl'etinqox-t'in reserves: 342: Anahim's Meadow: Tl'etinqox-t'in Government Office (Anaham Reserve First Nations) Tsilhqot'in National Government: Tsilhqot'in: Alexis Creek, Chilcotin District: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Full list of Tl'etinqox-t'in reserves: 10: Anahim's Meadow 2A
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.