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Cree is one of the largest group of First Nations/Aboriginals in North America, located mainly across Canada and historically in the United States from Minnesota westward but are found today in Montana.
The Cree are generally divided into 8 major...
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Eskimo | Inupiat | Canada |
Inuit (plural; the singular Inuk means "man" or "person") is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, and Alaska. The Inuit language is grouped under Eskimo-Aleut...
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The Algonquins (also spelled Algonkians or Algonkins) are aboriginal/First Nations inhabitants of North American who speak Algonquin. Culturally and linguistically, they are closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, with whom they form the larger...
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| x Tlingit |
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Taku Indians |
The Tlingit (pronounced /ˈklink-it/ or /ˈklink-it/ in English; sometimes spelled Tlinkit) are an Indigenous people of northwestern America. Their name for themselves is Lingít "people" (pronounced [ɬɪŋkɪt]). The Russian name КО-ЛЮ-ЖИ (Koloshi) (from...
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The Dene (Dené) are an aboriginal group of First Nations who live in the northern boreal and Arctic regions of Canada. Dene is a compound of two words: De means "flow" and Ne meaning "Mother Earth". Dene homeland is referred to as Denendeh, meaning ...
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| x Okanagan people | Pacific Northwest |
The Okanagan people, also spelled Okanogan, are a First Nations and Native American people whose traditional territory spans the U.S.-Canada boundary in Washington state and British Columbia. Known in their own language as the Syilx, they are part...
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| x Blackfoot |
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Plains Indians | Kainai Nation |
The Blackfoot Confederacy or Niitsítapi (meaning "original people"; c.f. Ojibwe: Anishinaabeg and Quinnipiac: Eansketambawg) is the collective name of three First Nations in Alberta and one Native American tribe in Montana.
The Blackfoot Confederacy...
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| x Anishinaabe |
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Mississaugas |
Anishinaabe or Anishinabe—or more properly Anishinaabeg or Anishinabek, which is the plural form of the word—is a self-description often used by the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Algonkin peoples, who all speak closely related Anishinaabemowin/Anishinaabe...
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| x Mississaugas | Anishinaabe |
The Mississaugas are a subtribe of the Anishinaabe First Nations people located in southern Ontario, Canada, closely related to the Ojibwa. The name "Mississauga" comes from the Anishinaabe word Misi-zaagiing, meaning "[Those at the] Great River...
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| x Iroquois |
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Indigenous peoples of the Americas | Mohawk nation | Québec |
The Iroquois (pronounced /ˈɪrəkwɑː/), also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an indigenous people of North America. In the 16th century or earlier, the Iroquois came together in an association known as the Iroquois...
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The Nakoda (also known as Stoney or Lyärhe Nakoda) are a First Nation group, indigenous to both Canada and, originally, the United States.
They used to inhabit large parts of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and even Montana., but their...
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| x Assiniboine |
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Plains Indians |
The Assiniboine or Hohe, also known by the Ojibwe name Asiniibwaan "Stone Sioux", and by the endonyms Nakota-Nakoda-Nakona, are a Siouan Native American/First Nations people originally from the Northern Great Plains of the United States and Canada,...
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| x Métis people |
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First Nations | Ontario |
The Métis peoples of Canada are descended of marriages of Cree, Ojibway, Algonquin, Saulteaux, Menominee, Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, and other First Nations to Europeans, mainly French. Along with the First Nations and Inuit, the Métis are one of the three...
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| x Yolngu | Indigenous Australians | Arnhem Land |
The Yolngu (or Yolŋu) IPA: [ˈjoːlŋʊ] are an Indigenous Australian people inhabiting north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. Yolngu literally means “person” in the language spoken by the people.
The complete system of Yolngu...
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| x Yamatji |
Yamatji (or 'Yamaji' in the orthography of Wajarri) is a name commonly used by Aboriginal people in the Murchison and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia to refer to themselves, and sometimes also to Aboriginal people generally, when speaking...
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Iroquois | Québec |
Mohawk" (Kanienkeh, Kanienkehaka or Kanien’Kahake, meaning "People of the Flint") are an indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario. Their current settlements...
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The traditional owners of the inner Sydney City region of Australia are the Cadigal people, one of the peoples who belong to the Eora language group. Their land south of Port Jackson stretches from South Head to Petersham. The word Eora (sometimes...
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Melbourne |
The Wurundjeri are a people of the Indigenous Australian nation of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin alliance, who occupy the Birrarung Valley, its tributaries and the present location of Melbourne, Australia. Prior to European settlement,...
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Indigenous Australians | Central Australia |
Pitjantjatjara (pronounced [ˈpɪɟaɲɟaɟaɾa]) is the name of both an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert, and their language (for which see Pitjantjatjara language). They are closely related to the Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra and...
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The Warlpiri are a group of Indigenous Australians, many of whom speak the Warlpiri language. There are 5,000–6,000 Warlpiri, living mostly in a few towns and settlements scattered through their traditional land in Australia's Northern Territory,...
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| x Ainu people |
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Japan |
The Ainu (アイヌ) IPA: [ʔáinu] (also called Ezo in historical texts) are an indigenous ethnic group of Japan. Historically they spoke the Ainu language and related varieties and lived in Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. Most of those...
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Kamchatka Krai |
The Aleuts (self-denomination from Aleut language allíthuh 'community'; older or regional self-denomination Unangax̂, Unangan or Unanga 'coastal people') are the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, United States and Kamchatka Krai,...
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| x Inuvialuit | Inuit |
The Inuvialuit (in Inuvialuktun: the real people) are Inuit people who live in the western Canadian Arctic region. They, like all other Inuit, are descendants of the Thule who migrated eastward from Alaska. Their homeland - the Inuvialuit Settlement...
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Inuit |
The Iñupiat (plural) or Iñupiaq (singular) (from iñuk 'person' - and -piaq 'real', i.e., 'real people') are the Inuit people of Alaska's Northwest Arctic and North Slope boroughs and the Bering Straits region. Barrow, the northernmost city in the...
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| x Yupik | Eskimo | Alaska |
The Yupik or, in the Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, Yup'ik, are a group of indigenous or aboriginal peoples of western, southwestern, and southcentral Alaska and the Russian Far East. They include the Central Alaskan Yup'ik people of the Yukon...
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The Slavey (also Slave) are a First Nations aboriginal people of the Dene group, indigenous to the Great Slave Lake region, in Canada's Northwest Territories, and extending into northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta.
This name was...
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| x Djagaraga |
The Djagaraga or Gudang are an Australian Aboriginal tribe, inhabiting the northernmost area of Cape York Peninsula.
Traditionally they spoke the Djagaraga language.
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| x Guugu Yimithirr people |
The Guugu Yimithirr are an Australian Aboriginal tribe of Far North Queensland, many of whom today live at Hopevale (population approximately 1000), which is the administrative centre of Hopevale Shire. It is about 46 km from Cooktown by road. It is...
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| x Gorualgal | Sydney |
The Gorualgal were an Aboriginal tribe of Lower Northern Sydney who inhabited the area around Fig Tree Point. Their land is now present-day Northbridge, located in the City of Willoughby.
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| x Gunwinggu |
'Gunwinggu' or 'Kunwinjku' is an Australian Aboriginal dialect in northern Australia. Speakers live primarily around Western Arnhem Land including the township of Oenpelli.
Kunwinjku is one of a number of related dialects of the same language linked...
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| x Paiwan |
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Taiwan |
The Paiwan (排灣) are an aboriginal tribe of Taiwan. They speak the Paiwan language. In the year 2000 the Paiwan numbered 70,331. This was approximately 17.7% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the third-largest tribal group.
The...
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| x Koara | Kuwarra Western Desert |
The Koara people are an Aboriginal tribe living in the Kuwarra Western Desert region of Western Australia.
The Koara are found in the following areas:
The Koara have also been referred to, in literature, as:
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| x White |
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Anglo-Australian |
White people (in American English also Caucasian) is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin. Rather than a straightforward description of skin color, the term white also...
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| x Zhuang |
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The Zhuang (in the Zhuang language: Bouчcueŋь/Bouxcuengh (pronoucing bou shung); simplified Chinese: 壮族; traditional Chinese: 壯族; pinyin: Zhuàngzú) are an ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern...
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| x Uyghur people |
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The Uyghur (Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر, Uyghur; simplified Chinese: 维吾尔; traditional Chinese: 維吾爾; pinyin: Wéiwú'ěr; IPA: [ʔʊjˈʁʊː]) are a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia. Today Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous...
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| x Tibetan people |
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Tibet |
The Tibetan people are indigenous to Tibet and surrounding areas stretching from Central Asia in the North and West to Myanmar and China Proper in the East and India, Nepal and Bhutan to the south.
Modern demographics for the Tibetan people are a...
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| x Hui people |
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The Hui people (Chinese: 回族; pinyin: Huízú, Xiao'erjing: حُوِ ذَو ) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of Islam.
Hui is the abbreviation of the full name Huihui "回回", which is the diminutive form of HuiE "回纥 / 回鶻"....
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| x Ethnic Mongols in China |
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Inner Mongolia |
Ethnic Mongols in China (Chinese: 蒙古族 Ménggǔzú) are citizens of the People's Republic of China who are ethnic Mongols. They form one of the 55 ethnic minorities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. There are approximately 5.8...
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| x Buyei |
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The Buyei (also spelled Puyi, Bouyei and Buyi; self called: Buxqyaix, IPA: [puʔjai], or "Puzhong", "Burao", "Puman"; Chinese: 布依族; Pinyin: Bùyīzú; Vietnamese: người Bố Y) are an ethnic group living in southern mainland China. Numbering 2.5 million,...
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| x Hani people |
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The Hani people (Hani: Haqniq; Chinese: 哈尼族; pinyin: Hānízú; Vietnamese: Người Hà Nhì) are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They also form one of the 54 officially...
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| x Salar |
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Salar people (Salar: Salır, Turkic: Salar, Chinese: 撒拉族, Pinyin: Sālāzú) are a Turkic people. Their language belongs to the Oghuz group, along with the Turkish language and Turkmen language.
The Salars are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially...
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| x She people |
The She (畲) people are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
They are the largest minority in Fujian province. They are also present in the provinces of Zhejiang, Anhui,...
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| x Oroqen |
The Oroqen people (simplified Chinese: 鄂伦春族; traditional Chinese: 鄂倫春族; pinyin: Èlúnchūn zú; also spelt Orochen or Orochon) are an ethnic group in northern China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic...
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| x Bai |
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The Bai (Chinese: 白族; pinyin: Báizú; endonym pronounced [pɛ̀tsī]) are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They numbered 1,858,063 as of 2000.
The Bai People hold the white colour in high esteem and...
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| x Qiang |
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The Qiang people (Chinese: 羌族; pinyin: qiāng zú) are an ethnic group of China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approximately 200,000, living mainly in northwestern...
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| x Maonan |
The Maonan (self name: Anan meaning local people) people are an ethnic group. They are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
The Maonan ethnic minority has a population of 107,166, living in the...
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| x Dong people |
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The Dong (Chinese: 侗族; pinyin: Dòngzú; own name: Gaeml, in the IPA: [kɐm], also referred to as Kam) people are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, and are famed for their...
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| x Nu people |
The Nu people (Chinese: 怒族; pinyin: Nùzú) are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Their population of 27,000 is divided into the Northern, Central and Southern groups. Their homeland is a country of...
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| x Lahu |
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The Lahu people (Chinese: 拉祜族; pinyin: Lāhùzú; own names: Ladhulsi or Kawzhawd; Vietnamese: La Hủ) are an ethnic group of Southeast Asia and China.
They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, where...
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| x Shui |
The Sui people (Chinese: 水族; pinyin: Shuǐzú) are an ethnic group living in the Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan areas of southwestern China. They are counted as one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
It is...
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| x Yugur |
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The Yugurs (simplified Chinese: 裕固族; traditional Chinese: 裕固族; pinyin: Yùgù Zú), or Yellow Uyghurs as they are traditionally known, are one of China's 56 officially recognized nationalities, consisting of 13,719 persons according to the 2000 census....
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| x Daur |
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The Daur people (simplified Chinese: 达斡尔族; traditional Chinese: 達斡爾族; pinyin: Dáwò'ěr zú; the former name "Dahur" is considered derogatory) are an Mongolian sub-ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized in the People...
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The Tujia (土家族; pinyin:Tǔjiāzú; endonym:Bizika 毕兹卡), with a total population of over 8 million, is the 6th largest ethnic minority in People's Republic of China. They live in Wuling Range, straddling the common borders of Hunan, Hubei and Guizhou...
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The Xibe ( Sibe; simplified Chinese: 锡伯; traditional Chinese: 錫伯; pinyin: Xībó) are a Tungusic ethnic group living mostly in northeast China and Xinjiang. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China....
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| x Va people | Yunnan |
The Va nationality (Chinese: 佤族; pinyin: Wǎzú; Burmese: ဝလူမျိုး; IPA: [wa̰ lùmjóʊ]) lives mainly in compact communities in the Ximeng (in Va: Mēng Ka or Si Moung), Cangyuan, Menglian (Gaeng Līam), Gengma (Gaeng Mīex or Gaeng Māx), Lincang (Mēng Lām...
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The Manchu people (Manchu: Manju; simplified Chinese: 满族; traditional Chinese: 滿族; pinyin: Mǎnzú, Mongolian: Манж, Russian: Маньчжуры) are a Tungusic people who originated in Manchuria (today's northeastern China). During their rise in the...
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| x Yao people |
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China |
The Yao nationality (Traditional Chinese: 瑤族, Simplified Chinese: 瑶族, Pinyin: Yáo zú; Vietnamese: người Dao) is a government classification for various minorities in China. They form one of the 55 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's...
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| x Li people |
The Li (黎; pinyin: Lí) or Hlai are a minority Chinese ethnic group, sometimes colloquially known as "Sai" or "Say." They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. 94% of the Li live off the southern...
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| x Tu people |
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The "Monguor," as known in the West, and "Tu Zu," known in China are one of the fifty six officially recognized ethnic groups in the People’s Republic. Their identity as “Tu Zu” was made by the Chinese Government in the first ethnic classificatory...
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