indigene

Example Sentences

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“It was their germs, not these imperialists themselves, for all of their brutality and callousness, that were chiefly responsible for sweeping aside indigenes and opening the Neo-Europes to demographic takeover,” Crosby wrote.

From Washington Times

Many of the indigenes believe that their perpetual sadness is the root cause of disease and death among them.

From Scientific American

“The vandals took our town many weeks ago and they announced that all the indigenes should come out and say ‘One Nigeria’ and they would give them rice.

From Literature

He had a hook for a left hand, deeply impressive to the indigenes, and iron resolve.

From New York Times

Some indigenes claim to be suffering the kind of cultural annihilation that befell Australia’s Aborigines and New Zealand’s Maoris.

From Economist