Indigenous peoples in Canada
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In Canada, Indigenous peoples represent roughly 5% of the overall population. They comprise the Inuit, Métis, and First Nations, of which there are over 600 recognized First Nations governments or ban
An Aboriginal community in Northern Ontario
A Clovis point created using bi-facial percussion flaking (that is, each face is flaked on both edges alternatively with a percussor)
Thule site (Copper Inuit) near the waters of Cambridge Bay (Victoria Island)
Chief George from the village of Senakw with his daughter in traditional regalia, c. 1906
First Nations in Canada
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First Nations is a term used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Traditionally, First Nations in Canada were peoples who lived south of the tree line, and mainly
Squamish woman
Detail of the painting Ojibwe Wigwam at Grand Portage by Eastman Johnson
Three Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) children at Friendly Cove, British Columbia in the 1930s
Conference between the French and First Nations leaders by Émile Louis Vernier.