Aboriginal health

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People with aboriginal ancestors inhabit large areas of Canada. Areas in brown have North American Indian plurality, areas in magenta Inuit plurality.
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Introduction

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  • Note: Canada's current Minister of Health is an Inuk, First Nations. Ms. Leona Aglukkaq was first elected to work for the Nunavummiut in the House of Commons in October 2008. On October 30th, 2008 she became the first Inuk to be sworn into the Federal Cabinet.

Subject headings

The Library of Congress suggests the use of "Indians of North America" to refer to all indigenous people in Canada, United States and Mexico. However, not all indigenous people are Indians. In Canada, there are Inuit (Eskimos), Aleuts and Metis, for example.

In Canada, subject headings in library catalogues should address at least three native groups: 1) Inuit, 2) nations or tribal groups traditionally referred to as Indians or First Nations, and 3) Metis, Canadians of mixed Indian and white ancestry. These three groups are typically assigned the following headings in library catalogues:

  • Inuit--Canada. Works on the native people of the Canadian Arctic who call themselves Inuit.
  • Indians of North America--Canada. Works discussing collectively Canadian Indians or First Nations. (Works limited to particular tribes or Indian peoples are entered under the appropriate heading, e.g. Cree Indians.)
  • Metis. Works on Canadians of mixed Indian and white ancestry.

In 1992, the Canadian Subject Headings introduced Native peoples--Canada as a heading in order to address the three Canadian groups of native or aboriginal ancestry if discussed together. The heading Native peoples--Canada is the preferred heading for First nations--Canada, Aboriginal peoples--Canada, and Indigenous peoples--Canada.

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