indigenous
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Many indigenous groups in Colombia have created their own protection networks in the form of indigenous guards, which patrol their territory but are unarmed.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Almost half of those killed in the country were members of indigenous groups, while many of the remaining ones were small-scale farmers, Global Witness's report says.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
All land that tourist development happens on belongs, in some way, to someone: the state, indigenous people, or individuals.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Father Damien is so compelled in the 1880s to tend to a Hawaiian flock of lepers—among whom he lives and whose indigenous language he learns—that he ultimately contracts the disease from them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
I took great interest in the cultures of indigenous people.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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