ABORIGINAL HISTORY MONTH, NTL. (CA)
Categories: Culture & Art, Education, Politics & Canada
Location: Canada
Type of Event: Monthly Event
Updated: June 01, 2024
Location: Canada
Type of Event: Monthly Event
Updated: June 01, 2024
About National Aboriginal History Month in Canada
"Since 2009 June has been National Aboriginal History Month in Canada. The 21st of June is set aside each year as a day to honor culture and contributions of those native to Canada, referred to as the First Nations and including the Inuit and Métis tribes.
Royal Proclamation of 1763 is the foundational document and agreement struck between the First Nations people and the Crown. It laid the basis for Canada's territorial evolution. Concurrently The Treaty of Paris in 1763 ended more than 150 years of European competition and conflict in Canada. France ceded its colonial territories to Britain, which became the primary European power most of North America, with the Spanish Empire extending into what is today California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and France maintaining its hold until 1803 of what would later be called the Louisiana Purchase.
The First Nations comprise six geographical Groups:
Woodland: Living in the boreal forest in the eastern part of the country;
Iroquoian: inhabited the southernmost area
Plains: Dwelling in the grasslands of the Prairies;
Plateau: Ranging from the semi-desert conditions in the south to high mountains in the north;
Pacific Coast: Living in the coastal regions of British Columbia
Mackenzie and Yukon River Basins: Inhabiting the northern areas adjacent to Alaska.
The history of the First Nations people and Canada is quite lengthy.
A full summary can be found here: http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1307460755710/1307460872523"
Royal Proclamation of 1763 is the foundational document and agreement struck between the First Nations people and the Crown. It laid the basis for Canada's territorial evolution. Concurrently The Treaty of Paris in 1763 ended more than 150 years of European competition and conflict in Canada. France ceded its colonial territories to Britain, which became the primary European power most of North America, with the Spanish Empire extending into what is today California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and France maintaining its hold until 1803 of what would later be called the Louisiana Purchase.
The First Nations comprise six geographical Groups:
Woodland: Living in the boreal forest in the eastern part of the country;
Iroquoian: inhabited the southernmost area
Plains: Dwelling in the grasslands of the Prairies;
Plateau: Ranging from the semi-desert conditions in the south to high mountains in the north;
Pacific Coast: Living in the coastal regions of British Columbia
Mackenzie and Yukon River Basins: Inhabiting the northern areas adjacent to Alaska.
The history of the First Nations people and Canada is quite lengthy.
A full summary can be found here: http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1307460755710/1307460872523"
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Official Canadian Awareness Month: See Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development Canada.
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First Nation Migration 1960 to Present
Intuit Tribe History
Aboriginal Demographics in Canada
