indigenous tribe
Land's first people
A group of people who are the original inhabitants of a region, maintaining distinct cultural traditions, language, and social structures that predate colonization or outside settlement.
The phrase appears in legal, anthropological, and political contexts: The indigenous tribe has lived in this valley for thousands of years.
Some consider *tribe* reductive when applied to complex societies, preferring *nation* or *people*.
- chiefdomPolitical unit under chief
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- native landCountry of origin
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
colonization · cultural revival · homeland · oral tradition · displacement · resistance movements · sustainability · matriarchy · coming of age · ancestral lineage · elder council · storytelling · creation stories · spirituality · spirit animals · folklore · ethnobotany · sovereignty
- ethnic communitiesethnic enclave, immigrant community, refugee community, minority group, native community
- AmazonAmazon, river, Amazon River, Amazon rainforest, rainforest
indigenous tribecolonizers
Those who establish foreign control
settlers · colonial settlers · invaders · occupiers · immigrant population
indigenous tribecolonial power
Nation governing foreign territories
imperial power · colonial empire · ruling class · colonial administration
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