Indigenous People are not Canadians.  Thohahente yónkyats, Kanyen'kehá:ka ní:'i tahnon wakenyáthen.  I am Thohahente, Mohawk, Turtle Clan.  I am not Canadian.  Y

Your post is a common mistake Canadians make.  Mainstream media and government in Canada do not make the distinction as a means of keeping us marginalized through the processes of systemic institutional racism.

Our interests are not the same as Canadian interests and they never have been.  We are not special interest groups.

It is important you understand these things.