indigenous land
Ancestral homeland area
Indigenous land refers to territory historically inhabited, used, or claimed by the original peoples of a region before colonization or settlement by outsiders.
The phrase appears in discussions of sovereignty, treaty rights, and restitution: The university acknowledged it was built on indigenous land.
Land acknowledgments have become common at public events, though critics question whether such statements lead to meaningful action.
- traditional territoryIndigenous people's historic lands
- tribal landsIndigenous peoples' sovereign territory
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
treaties · treaty rights · unceded · colonialism · dispossession · sustainability · ancestral knowledge · biodiversity · oral traditions · sacred sites · sacred ground · legal recognition · climate resilience · activism · advocacy groups · homeland · stolen · subsistence farming
- homelandmotherland, fatherland, homeland, home country, birthplace
- land rightseasement, easements, freehold, right of way, leasehold
- tribal landsreservations, tribal territory, tribal lands, treaty lands, ancestral homeland
- Australian Mapscolonial maps, survey maps, regional maps, antique maps, district maps
- Red River ValleyRed River, Winnipeg, Fargo, Manitoba, North Dakota
- AraucaniaVictoria
indigenous landconquered land
Area seized through warfare
occupied territory · settler colony · annexed territory · occupied land · crown land