May 30, 2022

The Aboriginals

1Inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous.

‘Now, the division needs to bring aboriginal perspectives into the entire curriculum, for all its students.’

‘However, I note that a leading Canadian authority on aboriginal title stated that one dimension of it is its inalienability.’

‘The site will be arranged to evoke the lands where the eleven aboriginal nations in Quebec live.’

‘It still gives the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs authority over aboriginal children's education.’

‘Mr. Wellheiser was adopted by a native Canadian family and has been extensively involved in aboriginal activities.’

‘Few of the dramatic postglacial changes in global environment escaped the attention of aboriginal humans.’

‘In ancient and aboriginal cultures, dreams were too important to he entrusted to mere dreamers.’

‘A small remnant of Khoi and San aboriginal populations lives in the extreme northwest.’

‘As National Aboriginal Day dawns Monday, the statistics for aboriginal youth remain depressing.’

‘Handley said aboriginal health is not just a federal matter because a large and growing proportion of natives live off-reserve.’

‘As a territory born out of the desire for an aboriginal land claims agreement, we are governed as a public government.’

‘In North America alone, there are many aboriginal cultures that no longer know a word of their original languages.’

‘Two weeks ago, accompanying her as she questioned Premier Yu, were a group of activists from different aboriginal tribes.’

‘The shockwaves of that first gunfire are still being felt in aboriginal communities today throughout the country.’

‘Around the world, 70 percent of uranium deposits are located on aboriginal land.’

‘There are seven distinct aboriginal languages, which are grouped into three language families.’

‘The Paiwan are surrounded by Han Chinese and other aboriginal groups including Rukai and Puyuma.’

‘The Committee is concerned that aboriginal rights of Native Americans may, in law, be extinguished by Congress.’

‘The Maya and Garifuna demonstrate the surviving tribal traits of the aboriginal peoples.’

‘The main exception to this has been the relationship between the dominant French-English state and aboriginal peoples.’

indigenous, native

original, earliest, first, initial

ancient, primitive, primeval, primordial

autochthonous, autochthonic

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