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The Indigenous people of the Isisford region are known as the Kuungkari people. [27] The first Europeans to enter the area were members of the expedition led by Thomas Mitchell, who journeyed through what is now Isisford in September 1846. Mitchell described a large native encampment being present with permanent huts and well-beaten pathways.
On 31 October 2013 the descendants of the Mamu people had their claim to native title in the area when the Federal Court Tribunal recognised their exclusive rights to over 75 square kilometres (29 sq mi) of land, and non-exclusive rights to roughly 645 square kilometres (249 sq mi) of land, extending from Kurrimine to Jogo and Millaa Millaa. [13]
The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples was a royal commission undertaken by the Government of Canada in 1991 to address issues of the Indigenous peoples of Canada. [151] It assessed past government policies toward Indigenous people, such as residential schools, and provided policy recommendations to the government. [ 152 ]
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada First Nation(s) Ethnic/national group Tribal council Treaty Area Population [274] Notes ha acre 2016 2011 % difference Carcross 4 [275] Carcross/Tagish: Tlingit / Tagish — n/a: 64.8 160.1: 35: 53-34.0%: Listed by Statistics Canada as self-government Haines Junction [276] Aishihik / Champagne and Aishihik ...
Males were initiated into full manhood by undergoing subincision at the Mika ceremony. Hill described the technique in the following terms: One of the elders will lie face downwards on the ground, a slight excavation having been made there to receive the stomach, the initiate is placed upon this individual's back, face up, his limbs are placed in position by various assistants, one of whom ...
This list of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin contains Canadian places whose names originate from the words of the First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, collectively referred to as Indigenous Peoples. When possible, the original word or phrase used by Indigenous Peoples is included, along with its generally believed meaning.
The flight of the Yiman deep into the Auburn and Burnet districts may suggest that they had cultural ties with groups indigenous to this region. Linguistic research by Nils Holmer links the dispersal to the Upper Dawson people being part of the Wakka Wakka: a linguistic grouping that also included the Kabi Kabi of the Wide Bay area.
White settlement in this area began around 1874-1878. It was estimated that at the time of first contact, the population of this area, including not only the Kuungkari, but two other tribes (the Bidia), was around 1,200.