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Council of Elders [3 records]

Record 1 2016-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Indigenous Peoples
OBS

... the Council is officially made up of five Band Chiefs, two representatives of the Council of Elders and one representative of the Council of Trappers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Peuples Autochtones
OBS

[Le Conseil] est officiellement composé de cinq chefs de bande, de deux représentants du Conseil des sages et d'un représentant du Conseil des trappeurs.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Sociology
OBS

There are no defined rules regarding the capitalization of the term "elder."

Key term(s)
  • council of elders

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des Autochtones
OBS

Il n'existe aucune règle précise quant à l'usage de la majuscule initiale pour les termes «aîné», «ancien» et «sage».

OBS

conseil des aînés; conseil des anciens; conseil des sages : termes tirés du Mini-lexique du droit des autochtones et reproduits avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

Conseil des Anciens (arch.) (Afrique) polec. fév. 74 RA

Spanish

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