First Nations

Adjective

First Nations (not comparable)

1. (Canada) Of or pertaining to the indigenous peoples of Canada (typically not including the Inuit or Metis); Indian.
   • Generally speaking, the works of First Nations artists were made with materials such as wood, leather or cloth.2001, Benoit Prieur [et al.], “Portrait”, in Canada 2000–2001 (Ulysses Travel Guides), 3rd edition, Montreal, Que.: Ulysses Travel Guides, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 37, column 2
   • As "savages" become soldiers, and soldiers become social activists, the tribe has rapidly developed a First Nations identity as advocates of both stripes mobilize memories of past resistance in different contexts. Whether the state is green or blue, therefore, Taroko memories will continue to shape...2006 January 4, Scott Simon, “Formosa’s First Nations and the Japanese: From Colonial Rule to Postcolonial Resistance”, in Japan Focus: An Asia Pacific e-Journal, [Ithaca, N.Y.]: Japan Focus, →ISSN...
2. (broadly, uncommon) Of or pertaining to the indigenous peoples of any country or region.
3. (Australia, broadly, uncommon) Of or pertaining to the indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) peoples of Australia; Indigenous Australian.
   • Among the 1692 Australian species and subspecies on the BirdLife Australia Working List V3 (excluding vagrant and introduced taxa[…]), 18.7% derive from unrelated entities (e.g. shrike-tit that is neither shrike nor tit). Just 82 reflect First Nations names for birds (1.6%) or places (3.3%).2022, Stephen T. Garnett, Golo Maurer, Georgia E. Garrard, “Why Australian Common Bird Names should Respond to Societal Change”, in Emu: Austral Ornithology, volume 122, number 2, [Melbourne, Vic.]...