First Nations Edit Meaning

1.

Another term to describe Indian or Aboriginal peoples indigenous to North America. Has gained wider usage in Canada, while in the United States the term "Native American" is more common.

My friend's ancestry is part First Nations; her mother is Cree.

See indian, aboriginal, indigenous, native american, metis, Syrinx

2.

another word for native Americans classically known as "native Indians" but now for a more aboriginal definition this term is now used.

sioux, iroquois and navajo are all first nations.