USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -An indigenous people (also sometimes called aboriginals) may be defined as a group that has resided in a geographical area ‘since time immemorial’ as its original inhabitants. Examples of indigenous peoples include the Ainu of Japan, the Maori of New Zealand, and the native peoples of North, Central, and South America.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indigenous peoples. Self-identification as belonging to an indigenous people. Descent from populations, who inhabited the country or geographical region at the time of conquest, colonisation or establishment of present state boundaries.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indigenous Peoples are distinct social and cultural groups that share collective ancestral ties to the lands and natural resources where they live, occupy or from which they have been displaced.

Detailed explanation-4: -"Indigenous peoples” is a collective name for the original peoples of North America and their descendants. Often, “Aboriginal peoples” is also used. The Canadian Constitution recognizes 3 groups of Aboriginal peoples: Indians (more commonly referred to as First Nations), Inuit and Métis.

Detailed explanation-5: -Indigenous or Aboriginal peoples are so-called because they were living on their lands before settlers came from elsewhere; they are the descendants-according to one definition-of those who inhabited a country or a geographical region at the time when people of different cultures or ethnic origins arrived.