List of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin

List of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin - Alberta. Amisk: "Beaver" in Cree. Athabasca River, Lake Athabasca, Athabasca Falls, Mount Athabasca, Athabasca: "Where there are reeds" in Cree. Chinook: See Chinook. Medicine Hat: Translation of the Blackfoot word saamis, meaning "headdress of a medicine man". Wetaskiwin: "Place of peace" or "hill of peace" in Cree. List of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin - British Columbi ...

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Aboriginal peoples in Canada are indigenous peoples recognized in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982 as Indians (First Nations), Métis, and Inuit. The term "First Peoples" has also been used synonymously. As of the 2001 Canadian Census there are over 900,000 Aboriginal people in Canada. This includes approximately 600,000 people of First Nations descent, 290,000 Métis, and 45,000 Inuit. National representative bodies of Aboriginal peoples in Canada include the Assembly of First Nations, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, t ...

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Tsawwassen is divided up into a grid with streets running north/south and east/west. Running east/west are the avenues, numbered with 1st Avenue closest to the Canadian/American border. North/south, the streets are numbered following the grid laid out for the municipality of Delta. 1st Street is nearest the Pacific Ocean, and the street numbering continues up through the 100's in North Delta. The main arterial street in Tsawwassen is 56th Street, which provides the only legal land access to the hamlet and geographical anomaly of Point ...

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Each of these main groups contain many tribes, each of whom have adapted to their environments which are all slightly different. The four main groups can be subdivided by the following geographic areas: Pacific Coast and Mountains Plains Northeast Woodlands Atlantic Coastal Region St. Lawrence River Valley Canadian Arctic See also:

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Kamloops British Columbia - Public Schools. Public schools in the Kamloops area are part of School District 73 Secondary (Grades 10-12 or 8-12): Brocklehurst Secondary School NorKam Secondary School Sa-hali Secondary School South Kamloops Secondary School Twin Rivers Education Centre Valleyview Secondary School Westsyde Secondary School Elementary Schools (Grades K-6 or K-7): Aberdeen Elementary School < ...

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Today, there are more than 50 different languages spoken by Aboriginal peoples, most of which are spoken only in Canada and are in decline. A number of Native languages are still spoken, among those with the most speakers include Ojibwe and Cree, together totalling up to 150,000 speakers; Inuktitut, with about 29,000 speakers in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik (Northern Quebec), and Nunatsiavut (Northern Labrado ...

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Kamloops British Columbia - Radio. AM 610 - CHNL, classic hits FM 92.5 - CFBX, Thompson Rivers University campus radio FM 94.1 - CBYK, CBC Radio One FM 96.5 - CBUF-6, La Première Chaîne FM 97.5 - CKRV, hot adult contemporary FM 98.3 - CIFM, active rock FM 100.1 - CKBZ, classic hits FM 101.9 - CBPL, tourist information FM 103.1 - CJKC, country FM 105.3 - CBU-4, CBC Radio Two Kamloops British Columbia - Television. Channel 4: CFJC, CBC Channel 6: CH ...

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The name Canada has been in use since the earliest European settlement in Canada and likely originates from a First Nations word kanata for "settlement" or "village" or "land". Today, Canada is pronounced /ˈkænədə/ in English, /kanada/ in French. The French colony of Canada, New France, was set up along the Saint Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. Later the British colonies along the St. L ...

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Kamloops was home of the 1993 Canada Summer Games. As listed above, the city is known as, and holds a Canadian Trademark as, the Tournament Capital of Canada. Sun Peaks Resort is a well-reviewed ski and snowboard hill located nearby. Nancy Greene, the olympic medalist skiier, is director of skiing at Sun Peaks and also the chancellor of Thompson Rivers University. Likewise, the Overlander Ski Clubruns the Stake Lake cross country ski area with some 50km of trails. Kamloops is also home to world famous mountain biking and many world famous mo ...

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Tsawwassen has only one public high school, South Delta Secondary School. The school mascot for SDSS is the Sun Devil. SDSS is well known for its football program and hockey academy. In the past, Tsawwassen also had a separate public Junior high school, Tsawwassen Junior Secondary School. This school was merged with South Delta Senior Secondary in the late 1990s to make South Delta Secondary. For the next few years, students from grades 8 through 12 attended classes in both the Senior (North) and Junior (South) buildings. Recently, th ...

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(according to Statistics Canada 2001 census) Population: 86,491. Growth Rate (1996-2001): 1.2% Total Private Dwellings: 36,807 Area: 297.57 km2 Density: 15.2 people per km2 See the Stats Canada Kamloops page link below Ethnic Origin Religious Groups 35.0% Protestant 19.2% Roman Catholic 6.0% other Christian ...

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A First Nation is a legally undefined term that came into common usage in the 1970s to replace the term "Indian band". A band is defined as "a body of Indians for whose collective use and benefit lands have been set apart or money is held by the Crown, or declared to be a band for the purposes of the Indian Act [1]." There are currently over 600 First Nations or bands in Canada. Roughly half of these ...

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While situated in a semi-arid desert valley, Kamloops winters are generally mild and short with an occasional cold snap which can drop temperatures to around -30°C. Snow can occur from November to March, but most it falls over a few weeks in December and January. Winter mean minimun temperature of -6.1°C in January. Summers in Kamloops can be quite hot due to the prevailing dry and sunny weather. Average July maximum temperature is 29°C. In most years, summer shade temperatures come close to or even exceed 40°C. Spring arrives early due to mild air spilling over the coastal mountains from the Pacific Oc ...

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Tsawwassen is situated on the northern end of a peninsula flanked by the Straight of Georgia to the west and Boundary Bay to the east. Boundary Bay is an important stopover for migratory birds on what is known as the Pacific Flyway. Tsawwassen has recreational access to Boundary Bay at Centennial Park, and there is an extensive bike/foot path running along the edge of the Bay, known as the Dyke. The southern border of Tsawwassen runs along the 49th Parallel North, which is also the line used to delineate ...

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On the southeast side of the peninsula is the community of Boundary Bay, which originated in the 1890's as a seaside summer community for wealthy Vancouverites. Some of the original cottages still stand, many as renovated and updated homes, as well as modern contemporary single family homes and waterfront architectural residences. To the south, "The Bay" as it is referred to by residents, borders on the neighborhood of Maple Bay in Point Roberts, WA. A Canada/US customs checkpoint joined the two communities until it was clos ...

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The Kamloops area was inhabited by the Secwepemc (Shuswap) nation (part of the Salishan speaking people) prior to the arrival of European settlers. The first European explorers arrived in 1811, and a fur trading post was established by David Stuart in 1812 for the Pacific Fur Company. This was bought out by the North West Company shortly after, and by 1821, the Hudson's Bay Company had control of the fur trade in Kamloops. The gold rush of the 1850's and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1880s brought further growth, resulting in the City of Kamloops being ...

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Tsawwassen has only one public high school, South Delta Secondary School. The school mascot for SDSS is the Sun Devil. SDSS is well known for its football program, hockey academy, and theatre program. In the past, Tsawwassen also had a separate public Junior high school, Tsawwassen Junior Secondary School. This school was merged with South Delta Senior Secondary in the late 1990s to make South Delta Secondary. For the next few years, students from grades 8 through 12 attended classes in both the Senior (North) and Junior (South) build ...

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Until the late 1960s, First Nations were often treated in order to try to assimilate them into Canadian culture. A common institution for assimilation at this time were residential schools . Currently many First Nations, along with their Aboriginal peers the Métis and the Inuit, claim to receive inadequate funding for education, and allege that their rights have been overlooked in many instances. Recently James K. Bartleman, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, listed the encouragement of Aboriginal young people as one of his key priorities, and during his term (which began in 2002) has launched several initiatives ...

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The name Canada is believed to have originated around 1535 from a Wendat (Huron-Iroquoian) word, kanata, meaning "village", "settlement", or "collection of huts"[1], referring to Stadacona, a settlement on the site of present-day Quebec City; another contemporary translation was "land"[2]. By 1547, maps made by early European explorers show that the name See also:

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While the provinces' delegates spent little time, if any, in settling on 'Canada' as the name for the new country, others proposed a variety of other names[11]: Albion Albionoria — "Albion of the north" Borealia – from 'borealis', the Latin word for 'northern'; compare with Australia Cabotia – in honour of Italian explorer John Cabot, who explored the eastern coast of Canada for England Colonia See also:

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