Native life Ten definitions.

A band

Amerindian community recognized by the government set up on a reserve Amerindian community recognized by the government set up on a reserve.                                                                                             • Band council makes decisions                                      •Members of bands vote on these decisions.

Reserves

Reserves Land the government has put aside for the use of Amerindians. •Often in rural areas.                                                                                                   •Much smaller territory than these groups originally had.

Ancestral Rights

Rights held by the descendants of Canada’s first inhabitants. Ancestral Rights Rights held by the descendants of Canada’s first inhabitants.

Nordicity

Nordicity Terms that refers to northern regions and all the issues that relate to cold, snow isolation.

Culture

Culture The totality of intellectual, artistic, social and religious expressions that define a society or a group in comparison with another.

Claim for rights

To ask for something considered a right. Claim for rights

Agreement

Agreement Treaty, understanding or form an arrangement between groups or states.

Nation

Nation A group of individuals with the same origins. This term can refer to a people, homeland or country.

Inukshuk

Inukshuk A stone monument that calls to mind a figure of a human being.

Amautik Traditional item of clothing used for carrying babies.