indigenous

Example Sentences

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Crucially, Young said in her ruling that homes and businesses in the area occupy Cowichan land, so their titles “coexist” with the indigenous claim.

From The Wall Street Journal

We visited further families whose campaigns were either organised by, or linked to, Mr Hadari - one in a remote indigenous community in Colombia, and another in Ukraine.

From BBC

It supported proposals for Darden Restaurants to make changes to its pork supply chain and for Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo to issue reports on the rights of indigenous people.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Nama, who straddle South Africa and Namibia, are descended from the indigenous nomadic peoples – the Khoi and the San – seen as the original human inhabitants of this part of the world.

From BBC

Smilla’s father is Danish and her mother is from the Inuit people indigenous to Greenland.

From The Wall Street Journal