indigenous

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That context starts with archival footage of French-colonized Algeria in the 1930s, the visuals speaking to both a humming aura of activity and the reality of who’s indigenous and who’s not.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

That includes building out Royal Bank’s defense sector practice, expanding infrastructure and project finance capabilities, and a focus on Canada’s Far North and indigenous partnerships, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The Maoists said they were fighting for the rights of marginalised indigenous people in forest regions, where mining companies also eye valuable resources.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Many speeches and even tour-guide presentations start with a reminder that the soil on which the speaker and audience stand was once occupied only by indigenous people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

However, Ethiopia also developed many indigenous crops, and we do not yet know whether it was these crops or the arriving Fertile Crescent crops that launched Ethiopian food production.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond