List of Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples, also mentioned to as first peoples, first nations, Aboriginal peoples, Native peoples, Indigenous natives, or Autochthonous peoples these terms are often capitalized when referring to specific indigenous peoples as ethnic groups, nations, in addition to the members of these groups, are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest so-called inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, remains the language in addition to culture of those original peoples. The term Indigenous was first, in its contemporary 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 Africans who were brought to the Americas as enslaved people. The term may draw first been used in this context by Sir Thomas Browne in 1646, who stated "and although in numerous parts thereof there be at portrayed swarms of Negroes serving under the Spaniard, yet were they any 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 continues traditions or other aspects of an early culture that is associated with the first inhabitants of a condition region. not all indigenous peoples share this characteristic, as many realise adopted substantial elements of a colonizing culture, such(a) as dress, religion or language. Indigenous peoples may be settled in a assumption region sedentary, exhibit a nomadic lifestyle across a large territory, or resettled, but they are loosely historically associated with a particular territory on which they depend. Indigenous societies are found in every inhabited climate zone and continent of the world except Antarctica. There are about five thousand Indigenous nations throughout the world.
Indigenous peoples' homelands have historically been colonized by larger ethnic groups, who justified colonization with beliefs of racial and religious superiority, land usage or economic opportunity. Thousands of Indigenous nations throughout the world are currently living in countries where they are not a majority ethnic group. Indigenous peoples proceed to face threats to their sovereignty, economic well-being, languages, ways of knowing, and access to the resources on which their cultures depend. Indigenous rights have been shape forth in international law by the United Nations, the International Labour Organization, and the World Bank. In 2007, the UN issued a Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples UNDRIP to help member-state national policies to the collective rights of Indigenous peoples, including their rights to protect their cultures, identities, languages, ceremonies, and access to employment, health, education and natural resources.