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First Nations (other)
First Nations usually refers to Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area. First Nations, first nations, or first peoples may also refer to specific first peoples, including: Indigenous groups *First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including: **First Nations in Canada, a term used to identify Indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis **Indigenous Australians, or "Australian First Nations" are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation Lists *List of Indigenous peoples *Lists of First Nations (Canada) *List of First Nations band governments (Canada) *List of First Nations peoples (Canada) *List of Australian Aboriginal group names *List of federally recognized tribes in the United States Other uses * First Nation (song), "First Nation" (song), a 2020 song by Midnight Oil * First Nation Airways, a defunct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original peoples. The term ''Indigenous'' was first, in its modern context, used by Europeans, who used it to differentiate the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the European settlers of the Americas and from the Sub-Saharan Africans who were brought to the Americas as enslaved people. The term may have first been used in this context by Sir Thomas Browne in 1646, who stated "and although in many parts thereof there be at present swarms of ''Negroes'' serving under the ''Spaniard'', yet were they all transported from ''Africa'', since the discovery of ''Columbus''; and are not indigenous or proper natives of ''America''." Peoples are usually described as "Indigenous" when they maintain traditions or other aspects of an early culture that is asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
