First Nationn.

Brit.

/ˌfəːs(t) ˈneɪʃən/, U.S.

/ˌfərs(t) ˈneɪʃən/, Canadian English

/ˌfɜrs(t) ˈneiʃən/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: first adj., nation n.¹

Etymology: < first adj. + nation n.¹

Canadian.

1. Usually in plural: the North American Indian peoples of Canada, considered collectively. Also in extended use. Frequently attributive.The term is generally understood to exclude the Inuit and Metis. Cf. First People n. at first adj., adv., and n.² Compounds 1b(b).

ΚΠ

1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 1 Aug. 4/4 Ontario's Indian chiefs are asking the federal Government..to figure out a way ‘to involve the First Nations of Canada as equal participants in the constitutional talks’.

1987 P. C. Newman Caesars of Wilderness i. v. 115 Such inhumanity amounted to the anaesthetizing of the First Nations and helped promote the then-prevalent stereotype of Indian as ‘abject supplicant or outrageous maniac.’

1992 A. Fleras & J. L. Elliot Nations Within i. iv. 50 Although several tripartite arrangements (federal, provincial, and first nations) have appeared, most aboriginal groups have shied away from any scheme that involves a jurisdictional shuffle with unknown ramifications.

1993 Equinox Aug. 91/1 [It] challenges the stereotypes of First Nations women working in the male-dominated fishing industry.

1995 Church Times 13 Oct. 2/5 Australian Aborigines..joined native Hawaiians and the First Nation Peoples of Canada and the United States to discuss the preservation and nurture of indigenous cultures.

2001 National Post (Canada) 9 Apr. a12/2 A profound failure in the history of the relationships between First Nations and non-First Nations peoples.

2010 N.Y. Times Mag. 7 Feb. 12/1 I see there is controversy over the design of the official Olympics logo, which is based on the Inuit stone marker known as an Inukshuk... If you want to use the First Nations motifs for your logography, use the ones that are actually from here.

2. A particular community of Canadian Indians, esp. one recognized as an administrative unit by the federal government.

ΚΠ

1983 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 Nov. 6/1 The committee has proposed to grant every Indian band in Canada—or whatever political unit Indians themselves choose to form as an Indian First Nation Government..—the constitutional powers of a province.

1993 Outdoor Canada Oct. 13/1 The federal government negotiated the settlement of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation land claim.

1994 Powwow Times (Sask. Indian Federated Coll.) 41/1 A Lakota-Sioux student from the Standing Buffalo First Nation.

2007 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. 23 Jan. a1/1 Northern Alberta's Sawridge First Nation is readying for a year-long court battle.

2010 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 12 Feb. A3 Penelakut First Nation Chief Lisa Shaver asked for a public inquiry into murdered and missing First Nations women across Canada.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	first nation
释义	First Nationn. Brit. /ˌfəːs(t) ˈneɪʃən/, U.S. /ˌfərs(t) ˈneɪʃən/, Canadian English /ˌfɜrs(t) ˈneiʃən/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: first adj., nation n.¹ Etymology: < first adj. + nation n.¹ Canadian. 1. Usually in plural: the North American Indian peoples of Canada, considered collectively. Also in extended use. Frequently attributive.The term is generally understood to exclude the Inuit and Metis. Cf. First People n. at first adj., adv., and n.² Compounds 1b(b). ΚΠ 1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 1 Aug. 4/4 Ontario's Indian chiefs are asking the federal Government..to figure out a way ‘to involve the First Nations of Canada as equal participants in the constitutional talks’. 1987 P. C. Newman Caesars of Wilderness i. v. 115 Such inhumanity amounted to the anaesthetizing of the First Nations and helped promote the then-prevalent stereotype of Indian as ‘abject supplicant or outrageous maniac.’ 1992 A. Fleras & J. L. Elliot Nations Within i. iv. 50 Although several tripartite arrangements (federal, provincial, and first nations) have appeared, most aboriginal groups have shied away from any scheme that involves a jurisdictional shuffle with unknown ramifications. 1993 Equinox Aug. 91/1 [It] challenges the stereotypes of First Nations women working in the male-dominated fishing industry. 1995 Church Times 13 Oct. 2/5 Australian Aborigines..joined native Hawaiians and the First Nation Peoples of Canada and the United States to discuss the preservation and nurture of indigenous cultures. 2001 National Post (Canada) 9 Apr. a12/2 A profound failure in the history of the relationships between First Nations and non-First Nations peoples. 2010 N.Y. Times Mag. 7 Feb. 12/1 I see there is controversy over the design of the official Olympics logo, which is based on the Inuit stone marker known as an Inukshuk... If you want to use the First Nations motifs for your logography, use the ones that are actually from here. 2. A particular community of Canadian Indians, esp. one recognized as an administrative unit by the federal government. ΚΠ 1983 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 Nov. 6/1 The committee has proposed to grant every Indian band in Canada—or whatever political unit Indians themselves choose to form as an Indian First Nation Government..—the constitutional powers of a province. 1993 Outdoor Canada Oct. 13/1 The federal government negotiated the settlement of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation land claim. 1994 Powwow Times (Sask. Indian Federated Coll.) 41/1 A Lakota-Sioux student from the Standing Buffalo First Nation. 2007 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. 23 Jan. a1/1 Northern Alberta's Sawridge First Nation is readying for a year-long court battle. 2010 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 12 Feb. A3 Penelakut First Nation Chief Lisa Shaver asked for a public inquiry into murdered and missing First Nations women across Canada. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1980
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