First Nations  First Nations   Controversial terminology  The
term First Nations can be confusing. Collectively, First
Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples constitute Canada's Aboriginal
peoples, first peoples, or indigenous peoples. Although "First
Nations" seems to suggest that these people are the sole
original occupiers of the land that is now Canada, the Inuit are
also ancient inhabitants not included in the term.  First
Nations is a legally undefined term that came into common usage
in the 1980s to replace the term Indian band. Elder Sol
Sanderson says that he coined the term in the early 1980s. A
band is a legally recognized "body of Indians for whose
collective use and benefit lands have been set apart or money is
held by the Canadian Crown, or declared to be a band for the
purposes of the Indian Act". There are currently over 600
recognized First Nations governments or bands in Canada, roughly
half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British
Columbia.  As individuals, First Nations people are o