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The term squaw is considered offensive by Indigenous peoples in America and Canada due to its use for hundreds of years in a derogatory context [3] that demeans Native American women. This has ranged from condescending images (e.g., picture postcards depicting "Indian squaw and papoose ") to racialized epithets.
The following is a list of Native reserves in Quebec, Canada. It includes only the reserves that are officially designated as Indian reserve and fall under the jurisdiction of the Canadian government's Department of Indian and Northern Affairs .
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada First Nation(s) Ethnic/national group Tribal council Treaty Area Population [5] Notes ha acre 2016 2011 % difference Ɂejëre Kʼelnı Kuę́ 196I [6] Smith's Landing: Dene: 8: 213.0 526.3: INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories: Alexander 134 [7 ...
However, many aboriginal people served by the centre do not have status. [1] [2] In 1987 the Native Woman's Shelter of Montreal was established. In 1990 another social epidemic was addressed with the organization of the first Native AIDS/HIV Conference in Quebec. In 1993, the Urban Aboriginal Economic Development Department was established.
Indigenous peoples in Quebec (Quebec French: peuples autochtones du Québec) total eleven distinct ethnic groups.The one Inuit community and ten First Nations communities number 141,915 people and account for approximately two per cent of the population of Quebec, Canada.
The Kahnawake Mohawk Territory (French: Territoire Mohawk de Kahnawake, pronounced [ɡahnaˈwaːɡe] in the Mohawk language, Kahnawáˀkye [6] in Tuscarora) is a First Nations reserve of the Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, across from Montreal.
Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council: 50 Nation Huronne Wendat: Wendake: Hurons-Wendat: 4,035 72 Odanak: Odanak: Abenakis: 2,457 Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki: 89 Oujé-Bougoumou Cree Nation: Oujé-Bougoumou: Crees: 868 Grand Council of the Crees: 54 Première Nation Malecite de Viger: Cacouna: Maliseets: 1,183 71 Première Nation ...
This was the beginning of a 78-day standoff between the Mohawk Nation and their allies (both aboriginal and non-aboriginal) against the SQ and Canadian Army. The sister community of Kahnawake erected a barricade on the Mercier Bridge at the South Shore of Montreal, in support of the Mohawk at Kahnesatake. Non-Mohawk residents of the area became ...