indigenous
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The following day, they return to D.C. to say goodbye to the Trumps and will visit a national park in the Appalachian mountains to meet indigenous Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
These differences reflect the influence of indigenous languages - Nigeria has more than 500 languages which shape its cadence and intonation, while Kenya's Bantu, Nilotic and Cushitic mix give rise to its own accents.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
For the Mother Tree Project, Ms. Simard and her colleagues worked with provincial and indigenous authorities, as well as forestry executives, to establish nine test sites across a range of climatic regions in British Columbia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
That context starts with archival footage of French-colonized Algeria in the 1930s, the visuals speaking to both a humming aura of activity and the reality of who’s indigenous and who’s not.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
For a long time I didn’t understand why so many black people had abandoned their indigenous faith for Christianity.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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