indigenous
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All land that tourist development happens on belongs, in some way, to someone: the state, indigenous people, or individuals.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Father Damien is so compelled in the 1880s to tend to a Hawaiian flock of lepers—among whom he lives and whose indigenous language he learns—that he ultimately contracts the disease from them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
He said there had been a particular rise in the number of indigenous productions – that is, productions written, directed and produced in Northern Ireland.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
"It's ridiculous. It's not up to him to decide," said business executive Gilbert Russell, emphasizing the indigenous origin of the lake's name, given to it "hundreds of years ago."
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
That’s not to say that Australia had no potential crops at all, or that Aboriginal Australians would never have developed indigenous food production.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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