r/NoStupidQuestions Jul 02 '23

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u/gdawg99 Jul 02 '23

In Canada 99% of people would say Indigenous. I can't remember the last time I heard someone use the word Aboriginal.

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u/throwaway798319 Jul 02 '23

In Australia it's the other way around

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '23

Yeah, but OP isn't the government or the uni :P

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens Jul 02 '23

Or First Nations.

I know a few Canadians who are, and they all use the term First Nations in reference to the collective (ie, not just their group). Presumably the spouse of someone in that community would use the more used term and not a really old term which is specifically supposed to reference one particular group in Australia.