The areas used here are in accordance to those developed by the ethnologist and linguist Edward Sapir, and used by the Canadian Museum of History.
The native peoples of the Pacific coast also make totem poles, a trait attributed to other tribes as well.
The leaders of some Plains tribes wore large headdresses made of feathers, something which is wrongfully attributed by some to all First Nations peoples.
Major ethnicities include the: These peoples live in the boreal forest in what are now Canada's western provinces and territories.
Major ethnicities in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and the northern parts of the western provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) include the following: Major ethnicities include the: The largest First Nations group near the St. Lawrence waterway are the Iroquois.