Indigenous peoples are most often defined as people who have long-standing cultural and linguistic ties to a particular territory. they are often called native or aboriginal peoples because they were living on a particular area the longest, usually long before outside settlers arrived. The Inuit in the Arctic and the Maori in New Zealand are examples of indigenous people.
The term has legal significance in many countries because people identified as indigenous are often protected by national and international legislation.
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08/05/16