Glossary A Aboriginal This is a collective name for all of the original peoples of Canada and their descendants. The Constitution Act of 1982 specifies that the Aboriginal Peoples in Canada consist of three groups – First Nations, Inuit and Metis – with unique heritages, languages, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs. The term Aboriginal peoples […]
Glossary A Aboriginal Rights The legal rights that Indigenous peoples in Canada hold as a result of their ancestors’ long-standing use and occupancy of the land. These rights uphold the customs, practices and traditions that form a group’s distinctive culture. Examples of such rights include the right to hunt, trap and fish on ancestral lands. […]
Glossary (Saskatchewan) Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC) The Office of the Treaty Commissioner, started in 1989 by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians and the Government of Canada, was created to guide both parties through their differing view on Treaties, by giving recommendations for Treaty land entitlement and education, including the creation of the Saskatchewan […]
Glossary A Assimilate The process of absorbing one cultural group into another. This can be pursued through harsh and extreme state policies, such as removing the children from their families and placing them in the homes or institutions of another culture. Forcing people to assimilate through legislation is cultural genocide – the intent is to […]
Glossary A Anishanabe A group of Indigenous peoples, which include the Odawa, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Oji-Cree, Mississaugas, Chippewa and Algonquin, who have lived and continue to occupy the Northeast Woodlands and Subarctic regions of North America. The Anishinaabe speak Anishinaabemowin, a language that is part of the Algonquin language family. C Cedar One of the sacred […]
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