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First Nations

Posted: 19 Jul 2001

A collective term for the original, pre-European inhabitants of the US, Canada, Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand. In individual countries, different terms are sometimes used, for example, Aboriginal, indigenous, tribal, Indian, First Peoples, Native American, AmerIndian.



Source: The Community Tourism Guide by Mark Mann, published by Earthscan Publications, London, 2001.

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