Geography Vocabulary - Native Lily Ragauskas Rishkat Khan Vanessa Xavier
Word 1 Claim of rights
Definition To ask for certain things that are considered a right.
Word 2 Agreements
Definition A treaty or understanding between a group or county.
Word 3 Nation
Definition A group of people who are from the same country.
Word 4 Band
Definition A community made up of Amerindians recognized by the government.
Word 5 Reserve
Definition A stretch of land put aside by the government for Amerindians.
Word 6 Nordicity
Definition The term related to all the cold, snow, ice and isolation.
Word 7 Ancestral Rights
Definition The rights held by the first descendants of Canada.
Word 8 Anthropologist
Definition A specialist who works on the development of humans.
Word 9 Indian Act
Definition The law that lets people with native relatives to have certain advantages.
Word 10 Metis
Definition A mixture of native people, Amerindians and Europeans.