aboriginals
Original regional inhabitants
Aboriginals are the original or earliest known inhabitants of a region, present before colonizers or later settlers arrived.
The term appears most often in reference to Indigenous Australians, though it can apply broadly: the aboriginals of North America.
In Canadian usage, Aboriginals traditionally encompassed First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples, though Indigenous is now preferred.
The word carries colonial overtones that make it contentious in some contexts.
Aboriginal mythological creation era
- songlinesAboriginal sung navigation routes
- corroboreeAboriginal ceremonial gathering
- didgeridooAustralian Aboriginal wind instrument
- boomerangSelf-returning thrown weapon
walkabout · smoking ceremony · elders · totem · kinship · lore · country · custodian
Originating where found
- precolonialBefore foreign domination
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- land rightsLegal claims to territory
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
custodians · endemic · sacred sites · spirituality · totems · self-determination · sovereignty · repatriation
Related group sharing ancestry
- kinshipState of being related
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
- eldersSenior community members
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
ceremony · customs · taboo · lore · spirituality · community · lineage · traditions
Inherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
roots · genealogy · descent · bloodline · predecessors · kinfolk · clan · traditions
Dreamtime
Aboriginal mythological creation era
- songlinesAboriginal sung navigation routes
- corroboreeAboriginal ceremonial gathering
- didgeridooAustralian Aboriginal wind instrument
boomerang · walkabout · smoking ceremony · elders · totem · kinship · lore · country · custodian · creation stories
autochthonous
Originating where found
- precolonialBefore foreign domination
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- land rightsLegal claims to territory
stewardship · custodians · endemic · sacred sites · spirituality · totems · self-determination · sovereignty · repatriation · dispossession
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
rituals · ceremony · customs · taboo · lore · spirituality · community · lineage · traditions · moiety
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
progenitors · roots · genealogy · descent · bloodline · predecessors · kinfolk · clan · traditions · legacy
- minoritiesethnic minorities, religious minorities, minority rights, Roma, Kurds
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- Vulnerable Groupshomeless youth, orphans, refugees, disabled people, elderly poor
aboriginalssettlers
Those who establish homes
colonizers · immigrants · newcomers · colonists · migrants
aboriginalscolonizers
Those who establish foreign control
colonists · settlers · invaders · conquistadors · 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