indigenous
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For the explorer, the main highlight was spending time with the Baka tribe, a semi-nomadic indigenous ethnic group.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
To the Tongva, the indigenous people of the Los Angeles Basin, it sounded familiar.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Deforestation has a "massive impact on the cultural identity and on the livelihood of local and indigenous communities", he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The local Ivatan people speak a similar language to the Tao indigenous community on Orchid Island, an outlying island of Taiwan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
These two examples will also demonstrate in detail a fact critical to history: that indigenous crops from different parts of the globe were not equally productive.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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