indigenous lands
Native peoples' homelands
Indigenous lands are territories historically inhabited and claimed by native peoples, often before colonization or conquest.
The term appears in discussions of land rights, sovereignty, and restitution: The pipeline would cross indigenous lands.
It may refer to reservations, tribal territories, or ancestral homelands regardless of current legal status.
The phrase implies ongoing connection between a people and their traditional territory.
- tribal nationsSelf-governing native communities
- ceremonial groundsLand for formal rites
- hunting groundsArea for pursuing game
- sacred sitesReligiously significant locations
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
broken treaties · oral traditions · subsistence farming · settler colonialism · reconciliation efforts · historical trauma · biodiversity hotspots · heritage preservation · wildlife corridors · protected areas · territorial disputes · reservation system · resistance movements · legal recognition · self-determination · forced displacement · ancestral knowledge · reparations
- cultural geographyethnic groups, borders, territories, nationalism, migration
- Alberta HistoryEdmonton, Calgary, Banff, homesteaders, settlers
- Interior DepartmentBLM, National Park Service, NPS, USGS, national monuments
- Northern CanadaNorthwest Territories, Yellowknife, Inuit, Fort Smith, Metis
- Venezuela geographyCaracas, Orinoco River, Angel Falls, Andes, Maracaibo
- Western CanadaAlberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Edmonton, Calgary
indigenous landscolonial territories
Areas controlled by empires
occupied territories · protectorates · conquered lands · dominions · overseas territories
indigenous landsceded lands
Territory formally surrendered
state lands · private property · federal lands · public domain
indigenous landscommercial real estate
Non-residential buildings for commerce