The Indigenous peoples of Canada are a meagre but influential community that reminds Canadians of their country’s ancient past and their contemporary responsibilities to its first residents. Canada is not an old country, and there any few Canadians. The huge majority of Canada’s population is descended from European immigrants who only arrived in the 18th century. The most “historic” Canadian cities are rarely more than 200 years old. Canadian Aboriginals, also known as Native Canadians, the First Nations of Canada, Indigenous Canadians, or Canadian Indians, are the modern-day descendants of…