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7 Cards in this Set
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Includes all of the original peoples of the north America and their descendants and is used in Canada's constitution |
2- ABORIGINAL PEOPLE |
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Is the term that started to be used in 1970 to describe the original inhabitants and their decedents who were not Metis or Inuit. |
3- FIRST NATIONS |
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Is a term created by those who came to what is now Canada to describe all the people they found living here, now considered outdated by many people. |
4- INDIAN |
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Was used by the Europeans to describe the original inhabitants of the arctic and is no longer used because it comes from the Algonquin term meaning ''raw meat eaters'' and many people find that offensive. |
7- ESKIMO |
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Refers to the original peoples of the Arctic and means "the people" in Inuktitut. |
5- INUIT |
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Has a similar meaning as Aboriginal but is increasingly seen as outdated. |
1- NATIVE |
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Is French for mixed blood and today is used to describe people with mixed first nations and European ancestry who identify themselves as belonging to this group |
6- METIS |
