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Missionary work directed at the Aboriginal people of Canada had been ongoing since the first missionaries arrived in the 1600s, generally from France, some of whom were martyred (Jesuit saints called the Canadian Martyrs).
The following is a partial list of First Nations peoples of Canada, organized by linguistic-cultural area. It only includes First Nations people, which by definition excludes Métis and Canadian Inuit groups. The areas used here are in accordance to those developed by the ethnologist and linguist Edward Sapir, and used by the Canadian Museum of ...
The evacuation of Kashechewan was largely viewed by Canadians as a cry for help for other underlying social and economic issues that Aboriginal people in Canada face. On June 29, 2007, Canadian Aboriginal groups held countrywide protests aimed at ending First Nations poverty, dubbed the Aboriginal Day of Action.
The action prompted then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to underscore four government responsibilities: "resolving land claims; improving the economic and social conditions on reserves; defining a new relationship between aboriginal peoples and governments; and addressing the concerns of Canada's aboriginal peoples in contemporary Canadian life."
Canada. List of Canadian Aboriginal leaders; List of First Nations peoples; List of Indian reserves in Canada; List of Indian reserves in Canada by population; List of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin; United States. Federally recognized tribes (Federally) unrecognized tribes; Native Americans in the United States; List of Alaska ...
He does specialized research in the history of Canada's First Nations and the background to their land claims. The Canadian historian John Alexander Dickinson argues that the federation was created during the Seven Years' War, as the British closed in on the territories along the St Lawrence River. Dickinson is a specialist in the history of ...
An ISC service centre in Brantford, Ontario. Indigenous Services Canada (ISC; French: Services aux Autochtones Canada; SAC) [NB 1] is one of two departments in the Government of Canada with responsibility for policies relating to Indigenous peoples in Canada (the other being Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada).
Canadian people who worked as missionaries, whether in Canada or elsewhere. (For Christian missionaries who worked in Canada, see Category:Christian missionaries in Canada ) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Missionaries from Canada .