native populations
First peoples here
Native populations are the original inhabitants of a region, as distinguished from later settlers or colonizers.
The term appears frequently in historical and anthropological contexts: European diseases devastated native populations throughout the Americas.
It can also describe any species indigenous to an area: Native populations of salmon have declined sharply.
- hutSmall crude dwelling
- homelandOne's native land
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- villageSmall rural community
sovereignty · colonization · land stewardship · ancestral knowledge · sacred ground · hunting grounds · reservation land · tribal councils · elder · displacement · heritage · ecosystem · assimilation policies · ceremony · sweat lodge · medicine wheel · peace pipe · treaty negotiations
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- colonialismcolony, colonization, colonial rule, colonial powers, colonizer
native populationsimmigrants
Those settling abroad
settlers · immigrant populations · newcomers · transplants · émigrés
native populationscolonizers
Those who establish foreign control
colonial settlers · colonists · invaders · European settlers · colonial powers
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