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aboriginal

[ab-uh-rij-uh-nl] / ˌæb əˈrɪdʒ ə nl /
ADJECTIVE
original, first in a place
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK


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There are several ongoing aboriginal title claims in British Columbia, and the Cowichan decision could affect private-property owners in those regions as well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

Unique visitors to Eagle Feather News, a tiny aboriginal newspaper in Saskatchewan, plummeted from about 20,000 to 12,000 a month in the five months after the Facebook ban.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024

With the ruling, the Nuchatlaht Nation of just 160 people has become the second-largest aboriginal titleholder in B.C.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

“The DNA study also provides the Blood Tribe/Kainai with a new line of evidence to help further treaty and aboriginal rights,” the study authors wrote to Science in a collaborative statement.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 3, 2024

It was an aboriginal darkness now that Toomer studied, waiting for a face or a voice to materialize.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

State treaties could recognise aboriginals as the original inhabitants and give them the kind of say in their own affairs that the federal government denies them.

From Economist ● Jul. 5, 2018

The prince then travelled into Australia's Daintree Rainforest where he met the Kuku Yalanji aboriginals.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2018

Parks Canada will determine ownership in conjunction with the Inuit aboriginals in the northernmost Canadian territory of Nunavut and unnamed “government organizations”, the agency said, without giving details.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2016

Enbridge’s struggles with Gateway highlight the clout that aboriginals are gaining in the construction of North American energy infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2016

There were soldiers in grey coats, sailors from the ships in the harbor, laborers in clothing more or less shabby, and a fair sprinkling of aboriginals.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox


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