first people

first people
   Canadian
   the descendants of the indigenous population
   Not Adam and Eve but the aboriginal population of the country:
    The constitution is filled with modish catchphrases of the late 20th century, affirmative action, first people (natives), collective human rights, and the equality of male and female persons. {Daily Telegraph, 23 October 1992, reporting a statutory innovation which the Canadian electorate rejected)

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