Indigenous people

Indigenous people means the first people who lived in any region, and not later immigrants. Indigenous people can also be described as aborigines, native people, first people and first nations. They are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment. They have retained social, cultural, economic and political characteristics that are distinct from those of the dominant societies in which they live. Indigenous Peoples help protect our environment, fight climate change, and build resilience to natural disasters, yet their rights aren't always…