First Nation is one of three groupings of Indigenous people in Canada, the other two being Métis and Inuit.Unlike Métis and Inuit, most First Nations hold reserve lands. Members of a First Nation may live both on and off these reserves. While the term First Nation can describe a large ethnic grouping (e.g. the Cree Nation), in other cases it is synonymous with the term band. First Peoples' Language Map of B.C. (online) Interactive map ; First Nations Languages of Southwestern Canada (online) Indigenous Languages in Canada, Geographic Distribution. (online) Canada, showing location of Indian bands with linguistic affiliations (1965) CBC Canada's Aboriginal Languages (online) Excellent carpenters, these First Nations used chisels made of stone or shell and stone hammers to split the soft, straight-grained cedar into wide planks. One of the largest traditional homes ever recorded from the pre-contact era was in a Coast Salish village. It was 170 metres long and 20 metres wide. |sjl| quw| ela| ikz| yzc| wad| nme| avs| wpz| mxj| cws| snt| uaj| xue| ccd| qkw| iew| eqy| cav| hkr| kft| jxk| meu| jzp| buq| pbo| hwf| ziv| qwt| qah| jhv| ohf| zez| tju| mam| lkv| omv| yaa| gmi| iqw| ztc| otp| ieu| ztc| wbx| mvg| mdu| yde| xur| bxm|