Canada Native Population

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The Native Population of Canada
Initially, no part of Canada had aboriginal population. Men first entered Canada about twenty thousand years before the Christian era. These men came from the neighboring regions especially Asia and were pushed to the northern region of Canada’s pacific shores perhaps in search of hunting grounds and in flight of their powerful enemies. Their first stop in the new land must have been in the precipitous Alaska shore, but this land was inhabitable due to the unsuitable terrain and because of this, they quickly left the area. In the course of several eons, they had scattered across the land. Despite being from different origins and tongues, all of them were from the Mongoloid race, and belonged …show more content…
The inhabitants were far from homogenous despite coming from the same racial group. They resembled each other in terms of skin color, hair, and facial structure. The native people were divided into about fifty tribes and sub-tribes. However, they spoke ten different languages: Algonquian, Beothuk, Siouan, Iroquoian, Kootenay, Athapascan, Haida, Tsimshian, Tlingit, or the Salishan. The most widespread and agreeable to the ear was the Algonquian. These languages, although inept for expressing abstract ideas, were admirably essential in distinguishing the characteristics of events, animals, people, and things.
When Europeans entered Canada, the culture of the Indians was still in the Stone Age. They did not know how to smelt ores and consequently, they could not use the copper at their disposal. Since they depended on the livelihood of bow and arrow, Indians followed their prey for long distances carrying their tents along with them. While travelling they could follow tracks beaten by animals, carrying their belongings on their backs. Shells were used as currencies across most of the tribes. Women wove beads into ornaments and belts, which were symmetrical and intricately …show more content…
Despite having limited resources (few stones and bones), they fashioned these to weapons and implements-axes, arrows, knives and harpoons. They invented two types of boats, the kayak, and the oumiak. These boats expressed impressive skills. They are not knit to any social or political patterns. Each man enjoys absolute independence. Their only law is violation of customs. Their first expression of welcome is offering their wives to any stranger. The types of marriage practiced depend on the ratio of men to women. They practice polygamy, monogamy, and polyandry. No ceremony marks union or divorce of
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