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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1535]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1535]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : one [[born]] or reared in a particular place

*1 : one [[born]] or reared in a particular place

*3 : a local resident; especially : a [[person]] who has always lived in a place as distinguished from a visitor or a temporary resident

*3 : a local resident; especially : a [[person]] who has always lived in a place as distinguished from a visitor or a temporary resident

==Description==

==Description==

Indigenous peoples are any [[ethnic]] [[group]] who inhabit a geographic region with which they have the earliest known [[historical]] [[connection]]. Other related terms for indigenous peoples include ''aborigines'', ''aboriginal people'', '''native''' people, first people, and autochthonous. "Indigenous peoples" may often be used in [[preference]] to these or other terms as a neutral replacement, where such terms may have taken on [[negative]] or pejorative connotations by their prior [[association]] and use. It is the preferred term in use by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations United Nations] and its subsidiary [[organizations]].

Indigenous peoples are any [[ethnic]] [[group]] who inhabit a geographic region with which they have the earliest known [[historical]] [[connection]]. Other related terms for indigenous peoples include ''aborigines'', ''aboriginal people'', '''native''' people, first people, and autochthonous. "Indigenous peoples" may often be used in [[preference]] to these or other terms as a neutral replacement, where such terms may have taken on [[negative]] or pejorative connotations by their prior [[association]] and use. It is the preferred term in use by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations United Nations] and its subsidiary [[organizations]].

The adjective indigenous has the common [[meaning]] of "from" or "of the original [[origin]]". Therefore, in a [[purely]] adjectival sense any given people, ethnic [[group]] or [[community]] may be described as being indigenous in reference to some particular region or location.

The adjective indigenous has the common [[meaning]] of "from" or "of the original [[origin]]". Therefore, in a [[purely]] adjectival sense any given people, ethnic [[group]] or [[community]] may be described as being indigenous in reference to some particular region or location.

* peoples who are self-identified as indigenous, and/or those recognized as such by other groups.

* peoples who are self-identified as indigenous, and/or those recognized as such by other groups.

Note that even if all the above criteria are fulfilled, some people may either not consider themselves as indigenous or may not be considered as indigenous by [[governments]], [[organizations]] or [[scholars]]. The [[discourse]] of indigenous / non-indigenous may also be viewed within the [[context]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcolonialism Postcolonialism] and the [[evolution]] of post-colonial societies. European ethnic groups such as the Greenlandic Norse, the Basque, the Serbs of Kosovo or the Maronite Christians in the Lebanon or the Jewish presence in Israel would all meet the criteria of indigenous people; but post-colonial [[discourse]] is predicated on European / technological advanced [[societies]] being the coloniser.  

Note that even if all the above criteria are fulfilled, some people may either not consider themselves as indigenous or may not be considered as indigenous by [[governments]], [[organizations]] or [[scholars]]. The [[discourse]] of indigenous / non-indigenous may also be viewed within the [[context]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcolonialism Postcolonialism] and the [[evolution]] of post-colonial societies. European ethnic groups such as the Greenlandic Norse, the Basque, the Serbs of Kosovo or the Maronite Christians in the Lebanon or the Jewish presence in Israel would all meet the criteria of indigenous people; but post-colonial [[discourse]] is predicated on European / technological advanced [[societies]] being the coloniser.  

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[Native]]'''''

*'''''[[Native]]'''''

[[Category: Anthropology]]

[[Category: Anthropology]]