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His sons sold their properties and made lives elsewhere. (Although not descendants, the modern-day Delormier and Dell families adopted the name in the early twentieth century to abide by Canadian legislation's forcing people to have a "Canadian" family name.) Delisle: this name is from Jacques Tewennitashen, born in about 1746 and deceased in ...
This is a partial list of Canadian Inuit. The Arctic and subarctic dwelling Inuit (formerly referred to as Eskimo ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous Canadians inhabiting the Northwest Territories , Nunavut , Nunavik ( Quebec ) and Nunatsiavut ( Labrador ) that are collectivity referred to as Inuit Nunangat .
The "last name" is usually taken from a child's parents, which may be from either or both (joined by hyphenation). [note 1] [1] Outside Quebec (with distinct civil law system), either spouse has the right to assume the other's last name, as long as it is not intended for the purposes of fraud. Getting married does not result in a legal change ...
Fictional Indigenous Canadian people (2 C) C. Canadian Inuit people (9 C, 2 P) Canadian Métis people (7 C, 134 P) F. ... This page was last edited on 17 May 2024, ...
Through the Gradual Civilization Act in 1857, the government would encourage Indians (i.e., First Nations) to enfranchise – to remove all legal distinctions between [Indians] and Her Majesty's other Canadian Subjects. [126] If an Indigenous chose to enfranchise, it would strip them and their family of Aboriginal title, with the idea that they ...
Indigenous peoples in Canada is a collective name for the original inhabitants of the region of North America that is now Canada, and their descendants. There are three distinctive groups of North America indigenous peoples recognised in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982, sections 25 and 35.
Pages in category "Lists of indigenous Canadian people" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... This page was last edited on 18 January 2022, ...
Lists of indigenous Canadian people (7 P) Indigenous peoples in Canada-related lists (1 C, 25 P) P. ... This page was last edited on 6 February 2018, at 17:52 (UTC).