SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

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Indigenous peoples

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The term indigenous peoples has no universal, standard or fixed definition, but can be used about any ethnic group who inhabit the geographic region with which they have the earliest historical connection. However several widely-accepted formulations, which define the term “Indigenous peoples” in stricter terms, have been put forward by important internationally-recognised organizations, such as the United Nations , the International Labour Organization and the World Bank. (more…)