indigenous leader
Native community leader
An indigenous leader is a person who holds authority or influence within an indigenous community—whether through traditional structures like tribal councils and hereditary positions, or through advocacy and activism on behalf of indigenous peoples.
The term appears frequently in discussions of land rights, cultural preservation, and government relations: Indigenous leaders met with federal officials to discuss treaty obligations.
- chiefTop-ranking leader
- elderSenior figure of authority
- tribalOf a clan
- tribal councilIndigenous community's ruling body
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
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indigenous leadercolonial governor
Administrator of occupied territory
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