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Glossary term: Indigenous identity


In B.C.’s Human Rights Code, Indigenous identity refers to one’s First Nations, Métis or Inuit identity. Indigenous peoples have distinct languages, cultures, relationships to the land and ways of living together that are unique and predate contact with settlers. Many Indigenous people identify as belonging to their specific Nations, such as Haida or Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc.

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