POLS 1400 Quiz: POLS 1400 Quiz #2 Notes
5 Dec 2016
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Aboriginal people are defined as a descendant of any of the indigenous peoples who inhabited. Constitutionally speaking, the aboriginal peoples includes three different groups that make up the term aboriginals and they are the. First nations first nations are also referred to as indians and the term indian was legally defined in 1876 under the indian act. The indians make up roughly around 73% of the. Aboriginal people and the classification of indians can be further divided into status and non. Status indians refer to a group of indians that have registered with the indian act to solidify and claim their status as an indian. Non status indians on the other hand are indians who have given up their indian rights as a status indian, but not their indian identity. Historically speaking, many of the natives had surrendered their land titles in exchange for reserve, protection and other benefits.
