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| aboriginal |
native to an area; indigenous. [1/3 definitions] |
| igloo |
a shelter typically made by indigenous peoples of the arctic region, often dome-shaped and constructed of blocks of ice or hard snow. [1/2 definitions] |
| indigenous |
of or pertaining to indigenous people or animals. [1/2 definitions] |
| nonindigenous |
combined form of indigenous. |
| white encroachment |
the intrusion or invasion of white settlers, colonists, missionaries, and the like upon the land and communities of indigenous or other established populations, used esp. with reference to acts perpetrated by European colonists upon American Indian land and people. |
| Yupik |
a member of an indigenous group of people inhabiting parts of Alaska and Siberia, or a descendant of this group. |
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