What are some of the best historical sites in Canada? Any from the Inuit?

Question

What are Canada's best historical sites?

Does Canada have any interesting historical sites for those interested in the Inuit and Native Americans?

Answer 1

you might want to look into the states of manitoba and saskatchewan...those are the states that are heavily populated iwth native americans.

GL

Answer 2

Native American is still acceptable, but used to describe First Nations Aboriginals, that is to say First Nations people who live in the Southern parts of the provinces, and who hunt, gatherer and farmed among the land. First Nations Inuit are those who live in the Arctic regions of Canada, such as Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, or Northern parts of the praries. Further, First Nations Metis people are those whose heritage stems back to the Metis people, mostly found in central Canada (Northern Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta), where an Aboriginal married a white person, often associated with the fur trade; this was often the case of a white man marrying an Aboriginal woman for political gain and insight into the land during the fur-trade era, but is not limited to this.



The Inuit have been sedintary for more than 60 years as well, much closer to the time of the confederation of the Territories. However, that is not to say that there are no "historical sites". The problem is, they are very loosely scattered, in terms of ones that are left intact.

My best suggestion, for further study of First Nations peoples, is to research the area of Canada you would like to visit. The best artefacts are going to be found in museums, because a number of these were taken from the First Peoples, for various reasons, and were preserved. If you live in Ontario, Gatineau (Quebec) has the Museum of Civilization, and Toronto has the Royal Ontario Museum, both of which have a massive storage of First Nations artefacts. If you're interested in further research, I would suggest the Northern regions of the Central provinces, and much of British Columbia as potential stomping grounds.

As an important aside, there is a fascinating film by the National Film Board entitled Inuit Piquitingit (What Belongs to the Inuit), which traces these artefacts and tells the story of a small band of First Nations Inuit and their experience with seeing these at the museums. It's a really awesome film!

Best of luck!

Answer 3

Contrary to the first answer, Canada does NOT have "states " but we do have Provinces .

Native Americans ? We use the more accurate term " First Nations "  or "Aboriginal  people " , as they were here long before the first Europeans arrived.

As nomadic people the Inuit do not have any specific monuments or significant "places ' . They have only been living in modern "villages " for the last 60 years. Before that they moved with the seasons, to fish and hunt.

Jim B. Toronto.