-ist. a noun suffix denoting an agent, or doer, one who practices, a believer in; as, theorist, one who theorizes; socialist, one who holds to socialism; sensualist, one given to sensuality
First Nations. First Nation is a term used to describe Aboriginal peoples of Canada who are ethnically neither M tis nor Inuit. This term came into common usage in the 1970s and 80s and generally replaced the term Indian, although unlike Indian, the term First Nation does not have a legal definition.irst Nation is a term used to describe Aboriginal peoples of Canada who are ethnically neither M tis nor Inuit. This term came into common usage in the 1970s and 80s and generally replaced the term Indian, although unlike Indian, the term First Nation does not have a legal definition.
so i'm pretty sure that first-generation americans /first-generation citizens are people whose parents were born in another country and they are the first person in their family to be born as a citizen of the country (i.e. of the United States). then first-generation immigrants would be the parents in this case, who are the first people to move to the new country (they live in the country now, but they were born elsewhere). for example, my parents are first-generation immigrants who were ...