Indigenous

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Indigenous may refer to objects and people with origins in particular location(s), specifically:

Peoples:

• Indigenous peoples of the world, or in general; see also by region:
  • Indigenous peoples of Africa
  • Indigenous peoples of the Americas
  • Indigenous peoples of Asia
  • Indigenous Australians
  • Indigenous peoples of Europe
  • Indigenous peoples of Oceania

Languages:

• Indigenous language

Other uses:

• Indigenous religion, which is usually described as animist or shamanic in academia, or commonly referred to as paganism.
• Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
• Indigenous (horse), Hong Kong racehorse
• Indigenous (ecology), a species native to the location

[edit] See also

• Endemic (ecology), exclusively native to one location or biota, (found nowhere else)
• Native American name controversy, a discussion on similar terms

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