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The City of Melville retains its city status despite dropping below 5,000 people in the 1990s. Kindersley has expressed an interest in applying for city status upon reaching the 5,000 milestone. [35] Saskatchewan's newest city is Warman, which changed from town to city status on October 24, 2012. [36] Saskatchewan has 16 cities.
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]
Union of Ontario Indians: Ojibwe: Gull River 55: Gull Bay First Nation: Nokiiwin Tribal Council: Anishinaabe: Henvey Inlet 2: Henvey Inlet First Nation: Waabnoong Bemjiwang Association of First Nations: Ojibwe: Hiawatha First Nation: Hiawatha First Nation: Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians: Ojibwe: Indian River: Chippewas of Rama First ...
Provinces and territories whose official names are aboriginal in origin are Yukon, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut.. Manitoba: Either derived from the Cree word manito-wapâw meaning "the strait of the spirit or manitobau" or the Assiniboine words mini and tobow meaning "Lake of the Prairie", referring to Lake Manitoba.
The Wetʼsuwetʼen's bridge across the Bulkley River, Hagwilget, 1872 Map showing the rough location of traditional Wetʼsuwetʼen territory in western Canada Hereditary Chief NaʼMoks of the Wetʼsuwetʼen Nation in ceremonial clothing in late‑2024
The Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne (/ ˌ æ k w ə ˈ s æ s n eɪ / AK-wə-SAS-neh; [5] French: Nation Mohawk à Akwesasne; Mohawk: Ahkwesáhsne) is a Mohawk Nation (Kanienʼkehá:ka) territory that straddles the intersection of international (United States and Canada) borders and provincial (Ontario and Quebec) boundaries on both banks of the St. Lawrence River.
Dakelh territories called Keyoh, include the area along Fraser River (Lhtakoh – "rivers within one another" [2]) from north of Prince George (Lheidli – "confluence") to south of Quesnel and including the Barkerville-Wells area, the Nechako Country, the areas around Stuart Lake (Nak'albun – "Mount Pope lake"), Trembleur Lake (Dzinghubun – "day after lake"), Takla Lake (Khelhghubun ...
On 4 April 1975, Canada Post issued two stamps in the Indians of Canada, Indians of the Subarctic series both designed by Georges Beaupré. One was Ceremonial Dress based on a painting by Lewis Parker of "a ceremonial costume of the Kutchin tribe" (Gwichʼin people).