Talk:List of Aboriginal communities in Canada

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[edit] Bands and Reserves

There is a big difference between bands and reserves concerning Aboriginal communities in Canada... the article doesn't mention it.Souris2005 10:07, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

I began reorganizing this page with the Atlantic Region. I'l add more data when I'll have time to do it.Souris2005 10:47, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree, this whole page should be merged with List of First Nations governments and Tribal Council in the way it's been done in the Atlantic Region section. -- TheMightyQuill 21:07, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure that I understand you. How would you merge the Inuit communities into the above? They do not have Tribal Councils nor are they First Nations Governments. As an example the population of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut is 80% Inuit but the elected hamlet council is 75% non-Inuit. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 21:37, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

There are reserves that host multiple tribes (nations), and there are first nations that live in multiple reserves. Just look at First Nations in Alberta and List of Alberta Indian reserves for differences. Merging the pages would create a total mess. On another note, many blue links in the "reorganised" sections are misleading, it's a good ideea to check if they go to the intended article, otherwise disambiguate. One way to do that is to include the number of the reserve in the link (as in Flying Dust First Nation Reserve 105, Saskatchewan), and the suffix "Nation" for bands/tribes (or just use the full official name, as in Bigstone Cree Nation, then create redirects if articles exist under different names). --Qyd 02:49, 6 October 2006 (UTC)