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Indigenous People and Rights
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Indigenous People and Rights |
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 Indigenous people are those people, and their descendants, who are native to a geographical area and were the first people to live there, prior to colonization. Aborigines and the first nations are alternative names for indigenous people. Indigenous rights are those human and legal rights that have been denied to indigenous people because of their heritage. Keywordsnative, first nations, aboriginal, peoples, autochthonal, human rights, indigenous culture, historic, sacred, protection, traditional knowledge, land rights, tradition, teaching, tribes, cultural heritage, sacred sites, ethnobiology |
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Photo Sources:
Main Image- Secretary of a zanzibari women's co-op Top left- Displaced family Middle left- Mauri girls Bottom left- Guatamal City Genocide Protest |
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