indigenous
Example Sentences
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John Shaw, Magnus’s deputy, is a brute and a bully; Abel Walker, Magnus’s nephew, is a young innocent; Tom Hearn is a sailor who trained as a cleric and speaks the indigenous languages.
Recent topics include rising competition between the U.S. and China in the Pacific, diplomacy and military issues, climate change, indigenous issues, and the aviation and gambling industries.
"I am proud, as an indigenous person, that there are creative people willing to take a chance on me at this age," Momin says.
From BBC
Before joining the Journal, he worked for the Huffington Post on a range of topics from the business of college athletics to the World Bank's policies protecting indigenous people.
Over the last three decades, many cities, towns and roads in South Africa have been renamed, replacing them with indigenous ones or calling them after heroes of the struggle against apartheid.
From BBC
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