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> What defines an "indigenous" people? Generally part of it is history of colonization. Good example of non-european related indigenous people are the Ainu, wh
by zokier 5y ago
> What defines an "indigenous" people?
Generally part of it is history of colonization. Good example of non-european related indigenous people are the Ainu, who are considered indigenous in comparison to the colonizing Japanese.
- throwaway894345 5y agoWhat about groups which haven't been colonized in any significant way? What about non-indigenous groups which have been colonized? It seems pretty arbitrary.
- zokier 5y ago> What about groups which haven't been colonized in any significant way? They are not generally considered indigenous. What about them? > What about non-indigenous groups which have been colonized? Examples of such groups?
- throwaway894345 5y ago> They are not generally considered indigenous. What about them? I think there are examples, but it depends on how broad your definition of “colonized” is. The most extreme cases are the various isolated tribes of the world (of course, everything is interconnected, so a disingenuous person could argue that our impacts to the climate which affect their lifestyles constitute a kind of colonization, which is to say that disingenuous people like to stretch semantics). > Examples of such groups Virtually any non-indigenous people who have been conquered by an empire. The Irish are one of thousands of concrete examples.
- maccolgan 5y ago>Examples of such groups? Indians, Irish, many African countries, many SEA countries, etc
- xster 5y agoA often forgotten group are indigenous Austronesian Taiwanese people who were continuously displaced since the Qing dynasty but were subject to major cleanse and upheaval during the KMT retreat to Taiwan, leaving them to ~3% of the Taiwanese population.