First Nations

English Pronunciation en /ˌfɜːs(t) ˈneɪʃnz/ RP en /ˌfɜɹs(t) ˈneɪʃənz/ GA,Canada en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-First Nations.wav GA en /ˌfɜːs(t) ˈnæeʃ(ə)nz/ AU en eɪʃənz 3 en First Na tions Etymology 1 From an attributive use of the noun en First Nations#Noun. Adjective First Nations - Of or pertaining to a First Nation or First Nations collectively. en Canada Of or pertaining to the indigenous peoples of Canada (typically not including the Inuit or Metis); Indian. en 2001 Benoit Prieur [et al.] Portrait Canada 2000–2001 Ulysses Travel Guides 3rd Montreal, Que. Ulysses Travel Guides 37 https://archive.org/details/canada200020010000unse/page/37/mode/1up 2 978-2-89464-299-3 1486-1933 Generally speaking, the works of First Nations artists were made with materials such as wood, leather or cloth. en 4 January 2006 Scott Simon Formosa’s First Nations and the Japanese: From Colonial Rule to Postcolonial Resistance Japan Focus: An Asia Pacific e-Journal https://web.archive.org/web/20080309204819/http://japanfocus.org/products/details/1565 [Ithaca, N.Y.] Japan Focus 1557-4660 1342332862 As "savages" become soldiers, and soldiers become social activists, the tribe has rapidly developed a First Nations identity as advocates of both stripes mobilize memories of past resistance in different contexts. Whether the state is green or blue, therefore, Taroko memories will continue to shape the relationship between state and tribe. en 4 April 2008 Ontario Chiefs unite against jailing Kenora Daily Miner and News http://www.kenoradailyminerandnews.com/News/390226.html Kenora, Ont. The Klein Group 0839-4989 1007703358 First Nation leaders in Ontario will support demonstrations and protests, until six band councillors are released from jail. en by extension less common Of or pertaining to the indigenous peoples of any country or region. en Australia Of or pertaining to the indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) peoples of Australia; Indigenous Australian. en 2022 Stephen T. Garnett; Golo Maurer; Georgia E. Garrard Why Australian Common Bird Names should Respond to Societal Change Emu: Austral Ornithology [Melbourne, Vic.] Taylor & Francis for BirdLife Australia 122 2 150 10.1080/01584197.2022.2096074 0158-4197 1051225964 Among the 1692 Australian species and subspecies on the BirdLife Australia Working List V3 (excluding vagrant and introduced taxa), 18.7% derive from unrelated entities (e.g. shrike-tit that is neither shrike nor tit). Just 82 reflect First Nations names for birds (1.6%) or places (3.3%). Usage notes In Canada, en First Nation and First Nations are the usual terms in official use, news media, and polite conversation. en Indian has come to have a stigma attached to it because of its origin from the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) thinking he had arrived in India when he reached the Americas in October 1492, but it remains in common use officially (for example, in the name of the Indian Act (enacted in 1876) which provides for the exercise of federal jurisdiction over First Nations peoples; and in the name of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, replaced in 2019 by Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada), as well as informally by First Nations people themselves. Alternative forms en First Nation Translations of or pertaining to a First Nation or First Nations collectively Finnish: fi ensimmäiset kansat ensimmäisten kansojen genitive of noun French: fr Polish: pl związany z Indianami kanadyjskimi Etymology 2 From en First Nation -s suffix forming regular plural forms of nouns regular plural. Noun en noun form First Nations en First Nation Further reading First Nations in Canada First Nations (disambiguation) en coinages en Native Americans One