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SWEETGRASS [6 records]

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Record 1 2022-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

Sweetgrass: band name taken from the 2002 Indian Registration and Band Lists Directorate's data base of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC).

OBS

Sweetgrass: band located in Saskatchewan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Sweetgrass : nom de bande entériné par le ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien (MAINC).

OBS

Sweetgrass : bande vivant en Saskatchewan.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Administration (Indigenous Peoples)
  • Language Teaching
OBS

The objectives of this organization, which is established in Brantford, Ontario, are to provide overall leadership in the retention and revitalization of First Nations languages; to identify resources, both human and material, for the maintenance of Anishinaabeg (Algonkian) and Ogwehowe (Iroquoian) cultural values, traits and institutions of these First Nations: Delaware Cree, Odawa, Potawotomi, Ojibwe/Chippewa, Cayuga, Mohawk, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Administration (Peuples Autochtones)
  • Enseignement des langues
OBS

Organisme établi à Brantford (Ontario).

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

Coordinates: 48°50' 111°22' (Montana).

OBS

The Sweet Grass Hills possess special significance to the Black Feet Indians and other tribes on the northern Great Plains. According to the legend, the creator Napi fashioned the hills in the dim past out of rocks left over from the formation of the Rocky Mountains.

Key term(s)
  • Sweetgrass Hills

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Coordonnées: 48°50' 111°22' (Montana).

OBS

Les collines Sweet Grass se trouvent au Montana, près de la frontière canado-américaine; on peut les voir du parc provincial Writing-On-Stone en Alberta.

Key term(s)
  • Collines Sweetgrass
  • Sweetgrass Hills

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.

OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.

Spanish

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Record 5 1997-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Mammals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Mammifères
OBS

Brochure sur le parc Wood Buffalo.

Spanish

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Record 6 1995-11-20

English

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

French

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

Organisme établi à Ottawa (Ontario). Renseignement obtenu au Odawa Native Friendship Centre.

Spanish

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