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First Nations

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English

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Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˌfɜːs(t) ˈneɪʃnz/
(General American, Canada)IPA^(key): /ˌfɜɹs(t) ˈneɪʃənz/
Audio(General American): (file)
(General Australian)IPA^(key): /ˌfɜːs(t) ˈnæeʃ(ə)nz/
Rhymes:-eɪʃənz
Hyphenation:First Na‧tions

Etymology 1

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From anattributive use of thenounFirst Nations.

Adjective

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First Nations (notcomparable)

Of orpertaining to aFirst Nation or First Nationscollectively.
1. (Canada) Of or pertaining to theindigenouspeoples ofCanada (typically not including theInuit orMetis);Indian.
  - 2001, Benoit Prieur[et al.], “Portrait”, inCanada 2000–2001 (Ulysses Travel Guides), 3rd edition, Montreal, Que.: Ulysses Travel Guides,→ISBN,→ISSN,page37, column 2:
    Generally speaking, the works ofFirst Nations artists were made with materials such as wood, leather or cloth.
  - 2006 January 4, Scott Simon, “Formosa’s First Nations and the Japanese: From Colonial Rule to Postcolonial Resistance”, inJapan Focus: An Asia Pacific e-Journal‎^[1],[Ithaca, N.Y.]: Japan Focus,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on9 March 2008:
    As "savages" become soldiers, and soldiers become social activists, the tribe has rapidly developed aFirst 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.
  - 2008 April 4, “Ontario Chiefs unite against jailing”, inKenora Daily Miner and News‎^[2], Kenora, Ont.: The Klein Group,→ISSN,→OCLC:
    First Nation leaders in Ontario will support demonstrations and protests, until six band councillors are released from jail.
2. (by extension, less common) Of or pertaining to the indigenous peoples of anycountry orregion.
  1. (Australia) Of or pertaining to the indigenous (Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander) peoples ofAustralia;Indigenous Australian.
    - 2022, Stephen T. Garnett, Golo Maurer, Georgia E. Garrard, “Why Australian Common Bird Names should Respond to Societal Change”, inEmu: Austral Ornithology, volume122, number 2,[Melbourne, Vic.]:Taylor & Francis forBirdLife Australia,→DOI,→ISSN,→OCLC, page150:
      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 reflectFirst Nations names for birds (1.6%) or places (3.3%).

Usage notes

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In Canada,First Nation andFirst Nations are the usual terms in official use, news media, and polite conversation.Indian has come to have a stigma attached to it because of its origin from the Italian explorerChristopher 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 theIndian 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 byCrown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada), as well as informally by First Nations people themselves.