native people
Original land dwellers
Native people are the original inhabitants of a region, those whose ancestors lived there before colonization or significant immigration.
The term appears most often in discussions of indigenous rights and land claims: Native people have occupied this territory for thousands of years.
In North America, Native people typically refers to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and First Nations peoples.
The phrase emphasizes prior presence and continuous cultural connection to place.
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- tribalOf a clan
- tribal councilIndigenous community's ruling body
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
- ancestralOf one's forebears
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native peopleimmigrants
Those settling abroad
settlers · newcomers · foreigners · non-natives · migrants
native peoplecolonizers
Those who establish foreign control
colonists · conquerors · invaders · occupiers · settlers
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