Indigenous fowks are those fowks pertectit in international or national legislation as havin a set o specific richts based on thair historical ties tae a particular territory, thair cultural an historical distinctiveness frae ither fowks.[1]
The indigenous fowks o Americae are the pre-Columbie inhabitants of North an Sooth Americae, an thair descendants. Pueblos indígenas (indigenous fowks) is a common term in Spaingie-speakin kintras.
Indigenous leids o the Americas are spoken by indigenous fowks frae Alaska an Greenland tae the soothren tip o Sooth Americae, encompassin the laund masses that constitute the Americas.
Indigenous Australiens are the Aboriginal an Torres Strait Islander fowk o Austrailie, descendit frae groups that existit in Australie an surroondin isles prior tae European colonisation.
An indigenous or autochthonous leid is ane that is spak bi indigenous fowks and originated frae yon pairt o the warld in question. It is aft divers to the dominant or naitional leid o the kintra.