First Nations

First Nation

n. Canadian

An organized aboriginal group or community, especially any of the bands officially recognized by the Canadian government.

First Nations adj.

Usage Note: First Nation has gained wide acceptance in Canada since the early 1980s. Like Native American (which has little currency in Canada), First Nation provides a respectful alternative to Indian, a term that is more likely to be taken as directly offensive in Canada than it is in the United States. However, there are several differences between the Canadian and American expressions. First Nation is essentially a political term, promoted from within the indigenous community as a substitute for band in referring to any of the numerous aboriginal groups formally recognized by the Canadian government under the federal Indian Act of 1876. Unlike Native American, it is not a comprehensive term for all indigenous peoples of the Americas or even of Canada, and while it is often used loosely in referring to Indian groups or communities other than those specified in the 1876 Act, it specifically does not include non-Indian peoples such as the Inuit or the Métis. Although each recognized band or community is a First Nation, the term is more commonly used in the plural with a general collective sense, as in a history of the First Nations in eastern Canada or a program designed for First Nations youth. There is no related form for an individual who is a member of a First Nation; officially, such a person is known as a status Indian.

First Nation

n (also without capitals)

Canadian another name for band¹ [5]

Mentioned in	?		References in periodicals archive	?		Dictionary browser	?		Full browser	?
AFN American Indian Assembly of First Nations band banding Indian Native American status Indian	Chiefs of the four Anishinabek regions representing 42 member First Nations were unanimous in their stance on the Harmonized Sales Tax. The Anishinabek Nation leaders by Windspeaker Promoting tourism is becoming a community effort in the Touchwood Hills region, and the Kawatoose, Day Star, George Gordon, and Muskowekwan First Nations are in on the action. Touchwood Hills FN partner for tourism plan by Saskatechewan Sage As the H1N1 flu virus readies itself for a second onslaught, First Nations in Alberta are struggling with how to deal with battling it. Government cooperation needed to deal with H1N1 by Narine, Shari / Alberta Sweetgrass	first form first four ships first fruits first gear first half first harmonic first in first out First intention First International first lady first language First Lateran Council first law of motion first law of thermodynamics first lieutenant first light First Lord of the Treasury First Marquess Cornwallis first mate First Minister first moment first mortgage First Mover first name First Nation First Nations first night first of all First of May First of October Antifascist Resistance Group first off first offender first officer First or last First Peoples first period first person first post first principle first quarter first reading first refusal First Republic first responder first responder phase first rudiment first run first sacker first school First Secretary first sergeant	First National Community Bank First National Credit Card First National Credit Union First National Equities Limited First National Financial Corporation First National Home Mortgage First National Information Network First National Insurance Agency First National Investment Banking First National Lincoln Corporation First National Merchant Solutions First National Mortgage Banc First National Mortgage Company First National Mortgage Sources First National Motor Finance First National of Nebraska, Inc. First National Panel Company First National Pennsylvania Corporation First National Real Estate First National Stores First National Technology Solutions First National Tricity Finance First National Trustee Company First National Vehicle Holdings First Nations First Nations Adult and Higher Education Consortium First Nations Agricultural Council of Saskatchewan First Nations Agricultural Lending Association First Nations Agriculture Association First Nations Alliance Churches of Canada First Nations and Inuit Child Care First Nations and Inuit Component First Nations and Inuit Health First Nations and Inuit Health Branch First Nations and Inuit Health Information System First Nations and Inuit Health Programs First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey First Nations and Inuit Transfer Payment Project First Nations Bank of Canada First Nations Bone Health Study First Nations Business Administration Certificate First Nations Buying Group First Nations Chiefs Health Committee First Nations Chiefs of Police Association First Nations Child and Family Caring Society First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada First Nations Child and Family Service Agencies First Nations Composer Initiative First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Dictionary browser

Full browser

AFN
American Indian
Assembly of First Nations
band
banding
Indian
Native American
status Indian

Chiefs of the four Anishinabek regions representing 42 member First Nations were unanimous in their stance on the Harmonized Sales Tax.

The Anishinabek Nation leaders by Windspeaker

Promoting tourism is becoming a community effort in the Touchwood Hills region, and the Kawatoose, Day Star, George Gordon, and Muskowekwan First Nations are in on the action.

Touchwood Hills FN partner for tourism plan by Saskatechewan Sage

As the H1N1 flu virus readies itself for a second onslaught, First Nations in Alberta are struggling with how to deal with battling it.

Government cooperation needed to deal with H1N1 by Narine, Shari / Alberta Sweetgrass

First National Community Bank
First National Credit Card
First National Credit Union
First National Equities Limited
First National Financial Corporation
First National Home Mortgage
First National Information Network
First National Insurance Agency
First National Investment Banking
First National Lincoln Corporation
First National Merchant Solutions
First National Mortgage Banc
First National Mortgage Company
First National Mortgage Sources
First National Motor Finance
First National of Nebraska, Inc.
First National Panel Company
First National Pennsylvania Corporation
First National Real Estate
First National Stores
First National Technology Solutions
First National Tricity Finance
First National Trustee Company
First National Vehicle Holdings

First Nations

First Nation (redirected from First Nations)

First Nation
(redirected from First Nations)