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Dancers at the Six Nations Pow Wow. They later welcomed to the reserve a group of Lenape, who speak Munsee, an Algonquian language. Six Nations of the Grand River is the most populous reserve in Canada. As of March 2023, there were 28,520 band members, of whom 11,688 lived on the reserve. The population consists of the following bands: [22]
As the Iroquois Six Nations were considered the most warlike of Canada's First Nations, and, in turn, the Mohawk the most warlike of the Six Nations, the Canadian government especially encouraged the Iroquois, particularly the Mohawks, to join. [141] About half of the 4,000 or so First Nations men who served in the CEF were Iroquois. [142]
Other First Nations lands can be found at list of Cree and Naskapi territories in Quebec and Inuit lands at list of northern villages and Inuit reserved lands in Quebec. In Quebec, the Indian Act applies only to the First Nations of the southern part of the province, so Indian reserves are only found in the south.
More than half of First Nations people (55. 5%) lived in Western Canada as of 2021. Ontario had the highest number of First Nations people, with 251,030, which is about 23. 9% of the total First Nations population. About 11. 1% of First Nations people lived in Quebec, 7. 6% in Atlantic Canada, and 1. 9% in the territories., [185]
This is a list of Indigenous reserves in Canada which have over 500 people, listed in order of population from data collected during the 2006 Census of Canada, unless otherwise cited from Aboriginal Affairs. [1] Approximately 40% of First Nations people live on federally recognized Indian reserves. [2]
The largest First Nations group near the St. Lawrence waterway are the Iroquois. This area also includes the Wyandot (formerly referred to as the Huron) peoples of central Ontario, and the League of Five Nations who had lived in the United States, south of Lake Ontario. Major ethnicities include the: Anishinaabe. Algonquin; Nipissing
Canada, shared governance between Kahnawà꞉ke and Kanehsatà꞉ke. Southern Ontario: Kenhtè꞉ke (Tyendinaga) "On the bay". Traditional governance, band/tribal elections. Wáhta (Gibson) "Maple tree". Traditional governance, band/tribal elections. Ohswé:ken "Six Nations of the Grand River". Traditional governance, band/tribal elections.
The Grand River land dispute, also known as the Caledonia land dispute, is an ongoing dispute between the Six Nations of the Grand River and the Government of Canada.It is focused on land along the length of the Grand River in Ontario known as the Haldimand Tract, a 385,000-hectare (950,000-acre) tract that was granted to Indigenous allies of the British Crown in 1784 to make up for ...