Aboriginals
Original land dwellers
Aboriginals refers to the indigenous peoples of a place, most commonly Australia's First Nations peoples.
The term emphasizes original inhabitance before colonization.
In Canada, Aboriginal was the legal term encompassing First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, though Indigenous is now preferred.
The singular Aboriginal as a noun can sound clinical or dated; many prefer specific nation names or Indigenous person.
The Aboriginals of Tasmania faced near-total genocide.
Canada's non-Inuit indigenous peoples
- NativeOriginal regional inhabitant
- DreamtimeAboriginal mythological creation era
- tribesAncestral social groups
- land rightsLegal claims to territory
sovereignty · colonization · dispossession · reserves · custodians · kinship · lore · self-determination
Sandstone formation in Australia's center
- didgeridooAustralian Aboriginal wind instrument
- boomerangSelf-returning thrown weapon
- ochreIron-rich earth pigment
- songlinesAboriginal sung navigation routes
corroboree · dot painting · outback · sacred sites · rock art
Forcible entry into territory
- frontier warsConflicts at territorial edges
- massacresBrutal group killings
- missionsAssigned important tasks
- protectorateGuarded semi-autonomous territory
assimilation · segregation · removal · resistance · survival · genocide · rations · dormitories
Formal event marking occasions
- totemsSpiritual clan symbols
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- cave paintingsPrehistoric artwork on stone
body paint · scarification · initiation · sacred · ritual · dance · spirituality · ancestor spirits
First Nations
Canada's non-Inuit indigenous peoples
- NativeOriginal regional inhabitant
- DreamtimeAboriginal mythological creation era
- tribesAncestral social groups
land rights · sovereignty · colonization · dispossession · reserves · custodians · kinship · lore · self-determination · recognition
Uluru
Sandstone formation in Australia's center
- didgeridooAustralian Aboriginal wind instrument
- boomerangSelf-returning thrown weapon
- ochreIron-rich earth pigment
songlines · corroboree · dot painting · outback · sacred sites · rock art
invasion
Forcible entry into territory
- frontier warsConflicts at territorial edges
- massacresBrutal group killings
- missionsAssigned important tasks
protectorate · assimilation · segregation · removal · resistance · survival · genocide · rations · dormitories · tracker
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- totemsSpiritual clan symbols
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
cave paintings · body paint · scarification · initiation · sacred · ritual · dance · spirituality · ancestor spirits · Rainbow Serpent
- Indigenous PeoplesFirst Nations, Native Americans, Inuit, Maori, Cherokee
- Aboriginal AustraliansIndigenous Australians, Dreaming, songlines, didgeridoo, dot painting
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- PacificPacific Ocean, Pacific Rim, Pacific Ring of Fire, Ring of Fire, Oceania
- nomadsnomad, nomadism, Bedouin, wanderer, roaming
- Colonial AustraliaBotany Bay, penal colonies, convicts, penal colony, colonial settlement
Aboriginalssettlers
Those who establish homes
colonizers · colonists · immigrants · newcomers · invaders
Aboriginalscolonizers
Those who establish foreign control
colonists · occupiers · conquerors · white settlers · imperialists
- aboriginal artCreations by native peoples
- aboriginal rightsEntitlements of first inhabitants
- aboriginal tribesOriginal inhabitants of land
- aboriginal cultureIndigenous peoples' traditions
- aboriginal communitiesNative peoples of territories
- aboriginal landsNative peoples' traditional homelands