The adjective indigenous is derived from the Latin etymology meaning "native" or "born within".[4] According to its meaning in English, any given people, ethnic group or community may be described as indigenous in reference to some particular region or location to which they trace their traditional tribal land claim.[5] However, during the late twentieth century the term Indigenous people evolved into a legal category, which refers to culturally distinct groups that had been affected by the processes of colonization. Other terms used to refer to indigenous populations are: aboriginal, native, original, first, and hereditary owners in indigenous law. The use of the term peoples in association with the indigenous is derived from the 19th century anthropological and ethnographic disciplines that Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines as "a body of persons that are united by a common culture, tradition, or sense of kinship, which typically have common language, institutions, and beliefs, and often constitute a politically organized group".[6] Definition of indigeneity
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