X-Nico

unusual facts about European ethnic groups



1833 in South Africa

David Hume, explorer and big-game hunter, becomes the first European to enter the country of the Bamangwato (Botswana)

Cachet, Ontario

The population of the community is predominantly people of Chinese and small minority of European heritage.

Colonial Fiji

A further 8 seats were reserved for "General electors" - Europeans, Chinese, Banaban Islanders, and other minorities; 3 of these were "communal" and 5 "national." With this compromise, Fiji became independent on 10 October 1970.

Kenneth Zinck

On 10 August 2005, he complained that the 8 seats allocated to minorities (Europeans, Chinese, Banaban Islanders, and others) under the 1970 Constitution had been whittled down to 5 in 1992 and 3 in 1997.

L'Avenir Ensemble

The name l'Avenir Ensemble reflects the party's desire to unite New Caledonians of all ethnic groups (White Europeans, Melanesian Kanaks, Polynesian immigrants, etc.) into a shared future, rejecting the ethnic oppositions of the hitherto dominant parties of New Caledonia (White anti-independence parties vs. Kanak pro-independence parties).

Storyeum

One version gives the guest a vantage point of looking at a ship while it is coming into harbour in a first contact type scenario between Europeans and the indigenous people.


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