GeographyVocabulary - Native Lily RagauskasRishkat 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.