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The Royal Commission On Aboriginal Peoples was an important commission undertaken by the Government Of Canada in the 1990s . It assessed past government policies towards Aboriginal peoples, such as Residential Schools , and provided many policy recommendations to the government. Under the Employment Equity Act, and in the view of Statistics Canada, Aboriginal peoples are not considered members of a visible minority. Definition of "visible minority" at Statistics Canada NATIVE LANGUAGES Today, there are more than 50 different languages spoken by Native peoples, most of which are spoken only in Canada and are in decline. Among those with the most speakers include Ojibwe and Cree , together totalling up to 150,000 speakers; Inuktitut , with about 29,000 speakers in the Northwest Territories , Nunavut , Nunavik (Northern Quebec), and Nunatsiavut (Northern Labrador); and Mi'kmaq , with around 8,500 speakers, mostly in Eastern Canada. Two of Canada's territories give official status to Native languages. In Nunavut, Inuktitut and , Cree , English, French, Gwich'in , Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey , South Slavey and Tåîchô . However, besides English and French, these languages are not vehicular in government; official status entitles citizens to receive services in them on request and to deal with the government in them. It also allows their use in the Legislative Assembly Of Northwest Territories . CAPITALIZATION Policies regarding the capitalization of "Aboriginal" differ from organization to organization. The Government of Canada's (ISBN 0195418166), instructs that the term should not be capitalized when used as an adjective. Some proponents of capitalization argue that "Aboriginal" should always be capitalized just as other Ethnic terms are, such as " Japanese ", " Irish ", or " German ". SEE ALSO
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