indigenous tribes
Original regional communities
Indigenous tribes are the original inhabitants of a region, peoples who lived there before colonization or settlement by outsiders.
The phrase emphasizes both ancestral connection to land and distinct cultural identity: The indigenous tribes of the Amazon have inhabited the rainforest for millennia.
Tribe in this context denotes a social group with shared ancestry, language, and traditions, though some prefer *peoples* or *nations* as less colonial terms.
- eldersSenior community members
- clansRelated family groups
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- hunting groundsArea for pursuing game
chiefs · oral traditions · colonialism · displacement · resistance movements · storytelling · ancestral wisdom · oral histories · sacred sites · sacred fire · medicinal plants · treaties · cultural revival · warriors · self-determination · eco-tourism · ceremonial dances · oral
- BrazilRio, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Amazon River
- rainforestrainforest, jungle, tropical, tropics, canopy
- Amazon RainforestAmazon, tropical rainforest, Amazon rainforest, Amazon basin, jungle
- Amazon BasinAmazon River, tributary, tributaries, headwaters, confluence
- EcuadorQuito, Guayaquil, Galapagos, Andes, Amazon region
- Settlement Historypioneers, settlers, homesteaders, frontier, westward expansion
indigenous tribessettlers
Those who establish homes
colonizers · colonial settlers · colonists · immigrants · newcomers
indigenous tribescolonizers
Those who establish foreign control
colonial powers · imperial forces · colonial administration · colonial masters