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The same namesake can live through several new people, male or female. The ties are so strong that until puberty, kinship terms, dress, and behaviour often follow the namesake relationship, rather than biological sex or conventional gender identification. [12] Polar Inuit specifically had different naming customs that involved gendered names. [13]
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 .
De Lorimier: Claude-Nicolas-Guillaume de Lorimier was a French-Canadian officer and wealthy land-owner in Kahnawake. Born in Lachine in 1744, he commanded Native troops during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. In 1783, he married Marie-Louise Schuyler, an Iroquois (likely Mohawk) woman, and they moved to Kahnawake.
Thelma J Chalifoux, first Indigenous woman appointed to the Senate of Canada, established Michif Cultural and Resource Institute [14] Clément Chartier, president of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples; David Chartrand, leader of the Manitoba Metis Federation [15] Bertha Clark-Jones, Cree-Métis activist and Royal Canadian Air Force member
Indigenous Canadian names [ edit ] Many, if not most, Indigenous Canadians (primarily in this First Nations and Métis people, but also Inuit to an extent) carry European surnames, and most of those are French names, either because of intermarriage with French Canadian and Métis men and indigenous women or because a surname was assigned to an ...
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.
Lists of indigenous Canadian people (7 P) Pages in category "Indigenous peoples in Canada-related lists" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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, ...