Injun's place in nationalism in Canada

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I'm not for Canadian nationalism.
My English, Scottish, Irish, and French ancestors arrived here twice as many years as Canada has been a country. There is no "Canadian nation". Or relatively speaking, my "Canadian nationalism" (Atlantic) is going to be different than your Canadian nationalism (western).

So anyway. Majority of the people where I live are descendants of Natives. I know this through researching genealogy. I'm part native myself.

Then there are "Status Indians". These people are given certain rights and privileges above everyone else, especially other natives. You could be a "white person" with status, as long as you're able to inherit status.

The "First nations" are a legally mandated caste of people claiming to be "Indian" that receive more rights and privileges than Europeans and people who also claim to be "Indian".

Ironically, the people we call "Indian", referring to south Asian peoples, have a caste system that the western world is "against". HYPOCRISY!

For Canadians to be nationalists, it must include elimination of Indian identity, by fully including those people who don't identify as "Indian", and excluding those who identify as Indian. But that doesn't necessarily imply exclusion of people who descend from Indians.