Note: The title Indian denotes the native Canadian Red Indians. We call them, North American Indians. When the European settlers occupy America, they were driven to extreme north to live in cold places. The earliest settlers of Canada were French and English. The Aboriginal Canadians can be categorized into three: The First Nations (Predominant aborigines), Inuit (aborigine Canadians especially from Arctic) and Métis (a mixed race – Children of First nations and European settlers). The aboriginal literature has a rich oral tradition. After the colonization they began to write in English, the settlers ‘language. George Ryga also talks about the plight of North American Indians in his play Ecstasy of Rita Joe . The word ‘Indian’ is often misunderstood as settlers from Indian Subcontinent. In the context of Canada, it denotes the aborigines. It can be easily summed up as “In the beginning there was Indian. The Indian was with Canadian and the Canadian was the Indian. That’s our