native lands
Indigenous peoples' birthplaces
Native lands are territories historically inhabited by indigenous peoples before colonization or settlement by others.
The phrase carries political and legal weight, often appearing in discussions of sovereignty, land rights, and restitution: The tribe fought to reclaim their native lands.
It emphasizes ancestral connection and original occupation rather than current legal ownership.
- homelandOne's native land
- ancestral homelandLand of one's forebears
- tribal customsGroup's inherited social practices
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- fatherlandOne's native country
soil · indigenous knowledge · sacred landscapes · broken treaties · ancestral worship · ceremonial feasts · ancestral · creation stories · custodianship · Iroquois Confederacy · sacred sites · tribal sovereignty · reservation system · ancestor veneration · decolonization · birthplace · animism · dwelling
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- indigenous landsancestral territories, ancestral territory, traditional territories, traditional territory, indigenous reserves
- ethnic mapsethnic groups, ethnic patterns, tribal regions, clan territories
- indigenous rightsindigenous sovereignty, traditional territories, aboriginal rights, treaty rights, indigenous law
- Native Landsallotments, indigenous territories, territorial rights, tribal governance, tribal councils
- Northwest TerritoryNorthwest Territory, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
native landscolonial settlements
Established communities in claimed territories
colonial territories · occupied territories · conquered lands · protectorates · crown colonies
native landsforeign lands
Nations beyond one's own
distant shores · overseas territories · new world · host country · terra incognita
native landsreservations
Doubts or advance bookings
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