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First Nation band

legally distinct group of Indigenous persons in Canada defined under the Indian Act

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Indian band
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Historically, the Indian Act defined a band as a body of First Nations people for whose collective use and benefit lands have been set apart or money is held by the Crown, or who have been declared to be a band for the purpose of the Indian Act. (English)

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https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/ref/dict/az/definition-eng.cfm?ID=pop070

28 May 2024

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First Nation Band Council

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partially coincident with

First Nation