indigenous
Example Sentences
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For generations, the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians’ management of forests in southwestern Oregon has balanced environmental stewardship, indigenous values and economic stability.
She said deaf people have an indigenous understanding of the language which they can use to influence and make changes.
From BBC
One of the leaders, Cruz, grew up working in the fields with her family in Oaxaca, Mexico, and spoke only their indigenous language, Chinanteco, as a child.
From Los Angeles Times
Subsequent Chinese leaders have stepped up spending to procure foreign technology and support indigenous weapons development.
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
