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> natives Did you mean “locals”? Don’t think I’ve heard anyone call locals “natives” in my 25+ years of reading stuff on the internet.

• PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
  Come to New Mexico. There's "natives", "locals" and everyone else.
• thebestreadmill 4y ago
  Well these were native tribes that have been living in these mountainous jungles for a long time. For me, I associate the label "locals" with a slightly more "modern" society which has been converted to modernism a certain amount. In no way did I mean to demean them if that is where you are going with this. :) But you can certainly call them locals if you wish.
  • saimiam 4y ago
    For some reason, it didn’t even occur to me that you meant literal indigenous tribes. Tbh, I was a little put off by the word ‘natives’ because I thought you were referring to non tribal, present day individuals as natives. But I think there is definitely a missing word for present day indigenous, tribal people who prefer to adhere to their ways rather than accept modern ways of life. “Natives” sounds demeaning to me. “Locals” has a whiff of modernity. Maybe “indigenes” (which is apparently a real word)? https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Indigenes https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Indigenes
• BobbyJo 4y ago
  where I'm from, native means you grew up there, local means you live there, everyone else is just visiting.