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The following is a partial list of First Nations band governments in Canada: [1] [2] [3] Alberta. Alexander First Nation; Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation ...
In Canada, the elected government of a First Nations band consists of a chief and councillors. Many bands, especially in British Columbia, control multiple Indian reserves, that is, multiple parcels of land. Although bands have considerable control over their reserve land, legally neither the band itself nor its members hold aboriginal land title.
This category is for first Nations governments, political entities, and associations of First Nations governments in Canada, including bands and Tribal councils. Subcategories This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.
Lists of First Nations cover the First Nations of Canada, the predominant indigenous peoples in Canada south of the Arctic Circle. The lists include: The lists include: List of First Nations band governments , a list, by province or territory, of the various First Nations government bodies in Canada
First Nation as a term became officially used by the government beginning in 1980s to replace the term Indian band in referring to groups of Indians with common government and language. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The First Nations people had begun to identify by this term during 1970s activism, in order to avoid using the word Indian , which some considered ...
Aboriginal peoples in Canada are defined in the Constitution Act, 1982 as Indians, Inuit and Métis.Prior to the acquisition of the land by European empires or the Canadian state after 1867, First Nations (Indian), Inuit, and Métis peoples had a wide variety of polities within their countries, from band societies, to tribal chiefdoms, multinational confederacies, to representative democracies ...
A tribal council is an association of First Nations bands in Canada, generally along regional, ethnic or linguistic lines. [1] An Indian band, usually consisting of one main community, is the fundamental unit of government for First Nations in Canada. Bands may unite to form a tribal council, but they need not do so.
However, the elected chiefs of five Wetʼsuwetʼen band governments (Nee Tahi Buhn Indian Band, Skin Tyee Nation, Ts'il Kaz Koh First Nation, Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation, and Witset First Nation) released their own joint statement in response the following day, calling on the agreement to be withdrawn, saying they weren't consulted properly. [55]