USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The word ‘indigenous’ refers to the notion of a place-based human ethnic culture that has not migrated from its homeland, and is not a settler or colonial population. To be indigenous is therefore by definition different from being of a world culture, such as the Western or Euro-American culture.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indigenous Peoples refers to a group of Indigenous peoples with a shared national identity, such as “Navajo” or “Sami, ” and is the equivalent of saying “the American people.” Native American and American Indian are terms used to refer to peoples living within what is now the United States prior to European contact.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some common synonyms of indigenous are aboriginal, endemic, and native. While all these words mean “belonging to a locality, ” indigenous applies to that which is not only native but which, as far as can be determined, has never been introduced or brought from elsewhere.

Detailed explanation-5: -: an original or indigenous inhabitant. : something indigenous to a particular locality. 3. : a local resident. especially : a person who has always lived in a place as distinguished from a visitor or a temporary resident.