indigenous

IPA: ɪndˈɪdʒʌnʌs

Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.
Innate, inborn.
Alternative letter-case form of indigenous (“native, relating to the native inhabitants of a land”) [Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.]

Examples of "indigenous" in Sentences

I use the term indigenous with care, as "indigenous" includes Muslims going back many generations.
We use the term indigenous to describe locally developed knowledge, practices, and resources including crop varieties and gardens.
��Bob Smith�� puts the words ��indigenous�� in inverted commas, but the British Establishment supports the rights of plenty of other indigenous people without the need to use inverted commas.
That's why U.S. national security adviser Tom Donilon, in talking with journalists late last week, used the term "indigenous" four times to describe dissidents in Libya and elsewhere in the region.
We use the term indigenous to describe the people whose ancestors were the earliest settlers here after the last great Ice Age and which have been complemented by the historic migrations from mainland Europe.
He said paragraph 27 of the draft declaration of the conference which declared that the use of the term indigenous peoples "cannot be construed as having any implications to rights" would undermine the rights of minorities if it was accepted.
Since independence the term indigenous, widely used in an affirmative action campaign, has applied almost exclusively to blacks and left out whites and other minorities born in the southern African nation - some the descendants of several generations of settlers.