variants
also indigens
as in aborigines
a member of the first people to inhabit a region
the indigenes had not merely adapted to the harsh climate, but had in fact prospered in it
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natives
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More Afghan natives live in western and northern Arden Arcade, than in any other ZIP code in America, according to previous Sacramento Bee reporting.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026 -
The logic of settler-colonialism is the elimination of the natives in order to take over the land and its resources.—
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14 May 2026
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“Indigenes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indigenes. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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