indigenous
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But in many indigenous settlements on the outskirts, roads are potholed, classrooms overcrowded, clinics understaffed, electricity unreliable and residents lack secure land titles.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The Maoists said they were fighting for the rights of marginalised indigenous people in forest regions, where mining companies also eye valuable resources.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
His tenure as mayor was marked by efforts to clean up the city, preserve indigenous heritage, and a crackdown on corruption.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Today, she is a pop-culture icon whose indigenous fashion, famous unibrow and braided updos are as commercialized as her artistic output.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
The high point in indigenous Chinese astronomy occurred around 1280, with the work of Kuo Shou-ching, who used an observational baseline of 1,500 years and improved both astronomical instruments and mathematical techniques for computation.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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