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This regional sub-category is intended for articles on particular Indigenous peoples of this region, and related topics. See the discussion on the parent category talk page at Category talk:Indigenous peoples for suggested criteria to be used in determining whether or not any particular group should be placed in this sub-category.
From the later 20th century, 'Europe' has come to be widely used as a synonym for the European Union even though there are millions of people living on the European continent in non-EU member states. The prefix pan implies that the identity applies throughout Europe, and especially in an EU context, and 'pan-European' is often contrasted with ...
There are some 5,000 distinct Indigenous peoples spread across every inhabited climate zone and inhabited continent of the world. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Most Indigenous peoples are in a minority in the state or traditional territory they inhabit and have experienced domination by other groups, especially non-Indigenous peoples.
A population density map of Australia. Most of the continent is very sparsely populated, but only a few areas are truly deserted. Even the driest regions of Australia have indigenous communities within them. In 1984, a previously uncontacted family of Pintupi emerged from the Gibson Desert. [4]
As such, most Indigenous groups have had some form of contact with other peoples. The term uncontacted therefore refers to a lack of sustained contact with the majority of non-Indigenous society at present. [6] The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights refers to uncontacted peoples as "Indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation." These ...
A Kaqchikel family in the hamlet of Patzutzun, Guatemala, 1993. There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, [a] [1] [2] [3] although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant ...
The most notable among them were: Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo [kriˈstɔːforo koˈlombo]), colonist in the name of Spain, who is credited with discovering the New World and the opening of the Americas for conquest and settlement by Europeans; [101] John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto [dʒoˈvanni kaˈbɔːto]), sailing ...
Spaniards, [a] or Spanish people, are a people native to Spain.Within Spain, there are a number of national and regional ethnic identities that reflect the country's complex history, including a number of different languages, both indigenous and local linguistic descendants of the Roman-imposed Latin language, of which Spanish is the largest and the only one that is official throughout the ...