First Nations

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First Nations usually refers to Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.

First Nations, first nations, or first peoples may also refer to specific first peoples, including:

Indigenous groups

  • First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including:
    • First Nations in Canada, a term used to identify Indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis
    • Indigenous Australians, or "Australian First Nations" are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation

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