Clarifying the Distinction between Band Councils and/or Tribal Councils is as important, as clarifying what First Nation - (Canadian Indians) and Native Nation - (American Indians). Labels, by the Queens Commonwealth Government used by a primarily Anglo-Saxon all White English Speaking People, to minimize and tear apart our Languages, Culture, unique Identities and in the case of Canada, (Provinces or Territories). Then, you have in the United States, Labels, by the Federal Government, again, used by a primarily Male, Anglo-Saxon all White English Speaking People, to minimize and tear apart our Languages, Culture, unique Identities: Using States, with the exception of Hawaii, whereas the United States, has not officially recognized the Indigenous Hawaiian Peoples, in hopes of further enslaving and controlling the Hawaii Polynesian Culture. Forcing State Governors to develop Contracts or Compacts individual with Each Tribe, which in many cases, are direct Conflicts with overall Federal Policy, only hampers 566 Federally Recognized Tribes ability to create Tribal Sovereignty Governments which are self sustaining: Each Tribe, has different Bands, Districts, Clans, Villages, Towns, and in the case of the Navajo, multiple State Identities? Even some Families are so large, with Distinct Language/Linquistic differences, its hard to Categorize or sub-Categorize them into verifiable Units/Bands/Clans/Villages/District within the Overall Tribal Indian Structure/Make-up. I hope, this helps, some who were Confused as too Wordage of Turtle Island which is also, know as North America by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous speaking peoples. Or in my case, this Indian still gets confused, likening Russell Means statement, we are neither Native American as U.S.A. Government label, nor are we American Indian, also a U.S.A. Government label: _______________________________________________________________ INDIA Not confusing, persons from INDIA, who have (3) major Sub-Groups, Muslim, which was split off into Pakistan, and their peoples and their religions, have nothing whatsoever to do, with our Continent. Pakistan, used to be part of INDIA, but during the time of a free and independent INDIA from the British rule, most persons of Islam faith, Muslims left and took the trek to the North to what today is known as Pakistan: Muslims are divided into (2) Major Sects: the majority of them practice (Sunni) Islam, while the (Shias) are a minority who make up an estimated 5-20%, depending on the source. Nearly all Pakistani (Sunni) Muslims belong to the Hanafi Fiqh Islamic law school. The majority of Pakistani (Shia) Muslims belong to the Ithnā‘Ashariyyah Islamic law school Why, we INDIANS are not INDIA, just look @ their religions: RELIGIONS IN INDIA India known as the land of spirituality and philosophy, was the birthplace of some religions, which even exist today in the world. The most dominant religion in India today is Hinduism. About 82% of Indians are Hindus. Hinduism is a colorful religion with a vast gallery of Gods and Goddesses. Hinduism is one of the ancient religions in the world. It is supposed to have developed about 5000 years ago. Later on in ancient period other religions developed in India. Around 500 BC two other religions developed in India, namely, Buddhism and Jainism. Today only about 0.5% of Indians are (Jews-Jains), and about 0.7% are Buddhist. In ancient times Jainism and specially Buddhism were very popular in India. Indians who accepted Buddhist philosophy spread it not only within the Indian sub-continent but also to kingdoms east and south of India. These three ancient religions, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, are seen as the molders of the India philosophy. In modern period new religions were also established in India. One comparatively new religion in India is Sikhism and it was established in the 15th century. About 2% of Indians are Sikhs. There were other attempts to create new religions in India but they did not always succeed. For example, a Moghul emperor, Akbar, who reigned between 1556 - 1605, tried to establish a new religion, Din- E- Elahi, but it did not survive. There are other religious philosophies whose believers see themselves as a separate religion, but they do not always get this recognition. For example Lingayat of south India see themselves as a different religion, while others see them as a sect of Hinduism. There are also some tribal communities who demand to be recognized as separate religion from Hinduism. In the 19th century some Hindu reformers tried to remodel Hinduism to adjust it to modern period. Along with the religions that developed in India, there are followers of non- Indian religions. The largest non-Indian religion is Islam. They are about 12% of Indias population. Christians are more then 2% of Indias population. There are also Zoroastrians who even though make less then 0.01% of Indias population, are known around India. There are also a few thousand Jews in India. Judaism and Christianity might have arrived in India before they arrived in Europe. HINDUISM - about 82% ISLAM - about 12% CHRISTIANITY - about 2.5% SIKHISM - about 2% BUDDHISM - about 0.7% JAINISM - about 0.5% ZOROASTRIANISM - about 0.01% JUDAISM - about 0.0005% Canadian First Nation peoples: about 0.000000001% United States Native Nations peoples: about 0.00000000001% (As you can clearly see by the Statistics and significant Cultural, Religious, Continental Land Masses, we Indians in North America are nothing like persons, hailing from the Region and Country of India.)
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