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Aatsista-Mahkan, Crowfoot, Joseph Brant, Andrea Menard, Adam Beach, Gabriel Dumont 1,172,790[1] The terms "First Peoples" and "First Nations" have also been used synonymously, and are occasionally used as descriptive terms by U.S. Native Americans in solidarity with their Canadian relatives. As of the 2006 Canadian Census there are over 1,172,790 Aboriginal people in Canada, 3.8% of the country's total population.[3] This comprises 698,025 people of First Nations descent, 389,785 Métis, and 50,485 Inuit. National representative bodies of aboriginal people in Canada include the Assembly of First Nations, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the Métis National Council, the Native Women's Association of Canada, the National Association of Friendship Centres and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. These bodies however are not recognized by some indigenous people in Canada as representing their interests. Some such indigenous people prefer to rely upon their traditional laws and governance and pick their representation accordingly. &_160; &_160;Toronto
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