DCHP-2

Native Canadian native Canadian DCHP-2 (July 2016)

• 1 n. — Aboriginal, especially First Nations

  an Aboriginal inhabitant of Canada; someone descended from Indigenous people in Canada.

  Type: 4. Culturally Significant — Native Canadian is modeled after the term Native American, which is used in the United States (OED-3, s.v. "Native American"). Native American is much more frequent in the international context (see Chart 1). Native Canadian is not as frequent (Chart 2), because other terms are in use. Aboriginal person derives from the Constitution Act, which defines the term aboriginal as including the Indian, Inuit or Métis people of Canada (see aboriginal). Recently (as of 2016), indigenous has started to be used to designate this group; the name of the federal ministry named Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development in 2011 was changed to Indigenous and Northern Affairs in 2015.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "Native Canadian", which is described as being used in Canada, and OED-3, s.v. "Native Canadian", which is described as being used in Canada.

  See also: Inuit  Métis  First Nation  Aboriginal  indigenous  

  • 1890  The native Canadians were a numerous people when Jacques Cartier and his French courtiers were visited upon Canadian soil by Donnacona, the Lord of Canada, and in the simplicity and honesty of the forest red man, they accepted without fear the hospitality of their brother in white. 
  • 1979  While he had a wealth of British tradition behind him, Emery experimented with his own techniques and materials and his own distinctively Canadian designs. His Courer de Bois design (everywhere it is identified with that spelling) was Emery's tribute to the harmony between the native Canadian and the white explorer. His design shows a peace pipe offered and accepted. 
  • 1985  But the message brought to students at Frontenac Secondary School yesterday was one of horrors of a wider scope, including economic repression and damage to the environment as well as war. The participants were young people between the ages of 15 and 20, from Grenada, Guatemala, Namibia, East Timor and Sri Lanka. In addition, there was a native Canadian from Northern Ontario, who spoke about discrimination against native peoples. 
  • 1994  Saskatchewan-born of Plains Cree descent, Greyeyes, 27, was the first native Canadian to attend The National Ballet School. His considerable terpsichorean abilities led him first to the National Ballet before making a big splash in New York with the Eliot Feld Company. 
  • 2008  Relations between Jews and native Canadians have not traditionally been close and have at times been downright acrimonious, as when former aboriginal leader David Ahenakew let loose a now infamous anti-Semitic outburst several years ago. 
  • 2016  Thanks for the extended history of Everett Klippert (In 1965, Everett Klippert Was Sentenced To A Life Behind Bars. His crime? Being Gay - Focus, Feb. 27). Another piece of the story might be of interest: The person who defended him was William (Bill) Wuttunee, the first native Canadian called to the bar in Western Canada. Mr. Wuttunee had worked closely with Saskatchewan premier Tommy Douglas after the Second World War, building bridges between local indigenous and nonindigenous communities. 

• 2 adj. — Aboriginal, especially First Nations

  of or relating to the Aboriginal peoples of Canada.

  Type: 4. Culturally Significant — See meaning 1.

  See also: indigenous  

  • 1979  "I said where did the booze come from? The Native Canadian culture did not include alcoholic beverages. The white English and French invaders brought it. They bartered with it and used it as a pacification program." 
  • 1984  An expert on contemporary native Canadian art has been appointed curator of art at York University. Elizabeth McLuhan, former curator of collections at the Thunder Bay National Exhibition Centre and Centre for Indian Art, succeeds Michael Greenwood, curator at York for 16 years before his retirement earlier this year. 
  • 1990  [Joe Esteves, president of the university's Student Administrative Council, said natives have the full support of the student body. "If you ask me what's more important - a golf course or land for aboriginal people - I'll say the land is," he said. "Let's avoid any more bloodshed. Canada is a mosiac not a melting pot." Native Canadian Jennifer Fox, president of the school's First Nations Student Society, said natives in Oka are fighting more than a golf course.] 
  • 2001  From its inception, North of 60, which featured an almost entirely native-Canadian cast, had a fervent following among viewers -- a decided rarity for a Canadian drama. Since it lef the air, there has been a series of movies that have also aired to very respectable ratings. 
  • 2016  Janaki Mehta, 18, a Grade 12 student at Sir John A. Macdonald high school has been interested in Native Canadian issues from an early age. An emigrant from India at the age of five, she can relate to the plight of indigenous people.