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First nation

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first nations(Canada) Of or pertaining to the indigenous peoples of Canada (typically not including the Inuit or Metis); Indian.
first nationernounA member of a Canadian First Nation.
first peoplenoun(Canada) A First Nation; any of the indigenous peoples of Canada excluding the Métis and Inuit
nationnoun(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
indigenous canadiannoun(Canada) An Indigenous person of Canada, belonging to either the First Nations, Inuit or Metis (FNIM) Peoples; an Indian.
american indiannounA member of some indigenous peoples of the Americas, especially the continental United States, but excluding the Inuit, Yupik, and Aleuts.
aboriginesnoun(history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
nativenounBorn or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
indigenenounAn indigenous person; a native.
native americannounA member of some Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
aboriginalnounLiving in a land before colonization by foreigners.
aboriginal americannounOf the original settlers of North America.
countrynounThe territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
indigennounAn indigene or native.
indiannounOf or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies.
saanichnounA district municipality on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, named for the Saanich people.
north american indiannounOf or relating to the indigenous peoples of North America (but not the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).
indigenanounA native, local, indigenous inhabitant, aboriginal.
folknoun(collective plural) People, persons.
aboriginenoun(dated, now offensive) An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.

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