Name and Country |
Who are the indigenous people of your country? |
What do you know about them? |
| Nicole from USA |
Native American Indians |
They were at peace and one with nature |
| Nigel Mason from United Kingdom |
I guess this would be the celts but it s thought these migrated from southern europe |
They were amazing builders creating the wonderful monuments we have today the stone circles standing stones and burial chambers. they also developed the celtic didge the dord. |
| Anonymous |
Apache |
They were hunter and gatherers and feared warriors |
| Oliver Kask from Estonia |
Hmm I think closest to indigenous are setud". " |
They speak broad accent of estonian language and they sing a lot runic songs. |
| Anonymous |
Gauls |
Nice people like to party eat drink and also sometimes fight |
| Anonymous from USA |
American Indian |
Lived off the land interesting cultures among many tribes |
| Anonymous |
The saami people (Lapps) (I am 1/8 saami) We also have a people who is called Kven but they are less known and more of a mix from old times. |
Tree kinds of saami people. Reindeer saami which own lots of reindeer and used to be nomads and live in tents. Sea saami which used to live at the coast and live by fishing collecting of eggs from seabirds and a bit of farming.At last we have the south saami people who lived further south in Norway. The saami people are also present in Russia Sweden and Finland. |
| Pamela from USA |
Native americans they were here first and the longest |
They were robbed of everything |
| Pamela from USA |
Native americans |
They had their own nations and wars |
| Patrice Mahoney from Australia |
1st nations people of this country today called Australia. Many traditional boarders called countries and language groups exist within the non-indigenous boarders of State's such as NSW Vic and Qld... |
I'm from Uralla Anewan country NSW we have enormous traditions tracing back to our ancestors and the spirit times sometimes called dreaming these times are when the world as we see today was formed from the rocks flora and fauna. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Multiple native American tribes. |
I know something about the spiritual culture of several of them. |
| Patrick from USA |
Native Americans are made up of various tribes. |
Some of them were nomadic they were excellent horsemen some were farmers musicians potters hunters. The different tribes elected their leaders the men hunted the women cooked they trapped animals for their hides as well as for food. Some tribes were warriors. |
| Paul De Bono from Malta |
Maltese are the indigenous people of Malta. |
Maltese are descendants of the early seafarers of the Mediterranean known as the Phoenicians. The Maltese language consists of a mix of Arabic and Latin. |
| Anonymous |
American Indians |
Not very much |
| Paul from United Kingdom |
Celts |
They do not exist anymore |
| Paul from USA |
Indians |
Very brave many tribes or nations also known as Red Men |
| Anonymous |
The many nations of Native American Indians |
They were very attuned to the land and respected the land and animals that provided for them. They had their own complex culture and belief systems. They got a raw deal from the people who invaded their land. The US government should be ashamed |
| Peter from United Kingdom |
Celts |
Now just in scotland wales and ireland |
| Peter from USA |
American Indians (Blackfoot Apaches Cree Crow Gros Ventre Mohawks etc.) Eskimos. |
Growing up in Montana I learned quite a bit about the Blackfoot and Crow tribes and spent some time on the Rocky Boy reservation. I feel that I know quite a bit about their tragic history. |
| Ralph from USA |
Palo-Indians |
They were migrants from Eurasia who originated from the Savannah in Africa. |
| Randy from USA |
Chickasaw Cherokee Sioux Apache Piute Ute Hopi Navaho...it's a long list of 500+ distinct tribes that make up the American Indian. |
They are rich in cultural heritage have many successful tribal run businesses. They are also one of the more oppressed groups in the U.S. - kept in poverty by the government. |
| Raymond Wouters from Belgium |
Belgen |
Van alles ik ben zelf Belg |
| Richard from USA |
Native americans |
A lot. They were primitive but brilliant. Europeans came and pushed them West. Some tribes were peaceful some warring. They taught European settlers a lot about living in America Etc. |
| Richard from USA |
American Indians |
They are doing very well with their casinos |
| Richard from USA |
American Indians |
There are many different tribes with different languages and cultures. They were oppressed at one time but are now respected and taken lands have been returned somewhat. |
| Riley from USA |
Native American Indians |
Their instrument of choice was the native american flute. they also used large drums and buffalo drums. |
| Riley from USA |
The native american tribes |
Honestly not much of their culture |
| Rita from USA |
Native Americans |
Asian in origin. Burned rangeland regularly to produce more grass and keep down trees. Sustainable life before European settlers took over. Ruined except for casino holdings. Culture endangered. Very poor under educated alcoholic child abuse. |
| Rob from USA |
There are many different peoples indigenous to the USA. The Penobscot Passamaquoddy Micmac. and Maliseet peoples have lived where I live in Maine for thousands of years. There are hundreds of other nations and tribes throughout the USA. |
The Passamaquoddy and Penobscot nations have reservations which they govern. The Micmacs and Maliseets are smaller groups. All groups are significantly economically disadvantaged. The Penobscots have been in court with the state for a long time over water quality issues on the Penobscot River and control over environmental impacts. Much of the culture of all four groups was damaged by contact with Europeans and for many years indigenous children were not allowed to speak their language in schools. Many stories and rituals were lost. The Passamaquoddy and Penobscots have been rebuilding their cultures over the last fifty years with help from western tribes. There is a lot more that could be said but this is some of what comes to mind first. |
| Anonymous |
Native american indians |
Not as much as I would like to. There are many tribes that originated from asia thousands of years ago. |
| Robert from USA |
Indian |
Nothing |
| Robert Remington from USA |
American indians |
I am part indian |
| Robert from USA |
American Indians |
They have been displaced from their homes and have suffered greatly as a result. |
| Anonymous |
Native Americans Various tribes and cultures |
Not much more than some of the different tribes. Algonquin Blackfoot Lakota Apache Mojave Mohican Navajo Cherokee Choctaw Sioux And there are literally hundreds more each with their own language and culture. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Native Americans |
Not much |
| Ron from Canada |
North American Indians |
Try as they might to sustain their culture it continues to sadly be diluted by our modern world. I admire their connection with nature and dedication to family and community |
| Ron Lankford from USA |
American Indians |
Studied a little bit. |
| Anonymous from Australia |
The Aborigines. |
The Aborigines as they are commonly known are a people of many many tribes spread out over all of Australia with numerous different languages and a long history. Their religion" is based on the 'Dreamtime'. There is evidence of aboriginal culture dating back thousands and thousands of years." |
| Rual from USA |
Native americans |
Personally know some |
| Anonymous from Austria |
Austria is a modern society so if you are born here you are kind of indigenous. I |
And I know a lot of traditions of local people what they saying how they behave. Its too much for so little space. One thing: It is a kind of running gag that Austria is confound with Australia. |
| Anonymous from USA |
American indians |
Lots of stuff not enough |
| Scott from USA |
Native americans |
Many different tribes Navajo famous for woven rugs |
| Anonymous from USA |
American Indian |
Very little |
| Serah from Canada |
Native Americans |
They were nomadic tribes that lived close to the land. They had no god as such but they did have a strong believe in spirit animals. Some tribes were at war but wisdom and love was their trademark |
| Shannon from USA |
Many Native American Tribes |
Many movie watched and books read about native American tribes. Also have a couple of arrowheads that I found in west Texas. |
| Shaun from Australia |
The Aborigine |
They are the traditional owners of their land who have survived by living off the land and what it supplied to them. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Indians |
Treated badly |
| Anonymous from New Zealand |
Maori |
A fair bit as I live in New Zealand. |
| Steffen from Germany |
We have no indigenous people... |
Nothing |
| Anonymous |
Aboriginal Canadians |
Much like the stolen generation of Australia the Aboriginals in Canada faced assimilation problems and many were forced to give up their culture. |
| Stephanie from USA |
Native americans |
We stole their land |
| Stephen Barton from New Zealand |
Maori |
Not as much as I would like but that like all indigenous races becoming westernised and losing their custom shame. |
| Stephen from USA |
No people are indigenous to USA; all current and past residents migrated here at one time or another. |
See above. |
| Anonymous |
Celts |
They are now mostly present in areas of Wales & scotland |
| Steven from USA |
American indians |
They have different tribes such as apache blackfoot yaqui they live on reservations or tribal communities they are or were hunter-gatherers and many practiced aquiculture and agriculture. |
| Susan from USA |
Native americans (Indians) |
In NM many still live in their traditional pueblos. They may have arrived in North America crossing a land bridge from Russia thru Alaska. Many still continue their ancient spiritual practices. |
| Anonymous |
Native Americans |
A bit. There were many tribes. Tribes were relocated to reservations. The tribes have had difficulty in preserving their heritage and their traditional ways of life. |
| Tanya Devine from Canada |
First Nations |
I have been to a few ceremonial sweat lodges with the first nations... from what I have learned through their culture is that they hold a lot of the same spirit and respect toward that which gives us life as most indigenous peoples... and they are facing and have faced they same issues as most after being settled |
| Taylor from USA |
Native Americans |
Wow... not sure where to start. I know enough to know that I don't really know enough. I know that they had a very different way of viewing the world - specifically the way they viewed themselves within the world. Their relationship with nature is something I think we could all learn from. They were great storytellers hunters dancers and survivors. |
| Teresa from USA |
Native Americans (Indians) |
They are the stewards of the land and were the first peoples on this land. |
| Tero from Finland |
The Saami the once nomadic reindeer herders living in Lapland |
For a long long while they got shafted pretty much like the Aboriginal people in Australia. There have been long drawn-out battles about land rights not unlike in Australia and in the 1800s pretty much of their traditional shamanic religion was destroyed by the Christian church. For example there are only a few (less than a dozen) original shaman drums in existence that survived the Church persecutions - all others were burned. In the last 40-50 years their situation has improved vastly nowadays the Finnish government recognizes their own parliament and the National Broadcasting Corporation has a Saami language radio channel (and a whole lot of regional TV shows as well). Nowadays Lapland is a booming tourist economy and the Saami have made a part of it their own but still sometimes I feel they're used just as showroom dummies for British tourists looking for a bit of wintertime exotica. |
| Terry from Australia |
They are the original inhabitants of Australia and are known as Aboriginals |
They migrated from Africa about 70 000 years ago and arrived in Australia about 50 000 years ago. There were around 300 spoken languages with around 600 different dialects with only about 15 languages spoken today. They were semi-nomadic moving around due to the changing food availability across different ares as seasons changed |
| Thomas from USA |
There are various tribes under the name Native Americans."" |
Some were farmers some were fishermen they have a beautiful culture I am particularly fond of the paintings of the Northwest coast indians. |
| Thomas from Australia |
Aboriginals |
The basic culture some traditions and beliefs that have been publicly shared. Would love to know more. |
| Tiago from Portugal |
Portugal has a LONG history of migrations both inward and outward. It has been claimed to be one of the last refuges of the Neanderthals before they went extinct and has been invaded conquered occupied or otherwise populated by a myriad of peoples. We also have occupied many distant countries notably Brazil and large parts of Africa. I've heard portuguese sailors were the first to record the existence of Australia! |
Nowadays Portuguese people are laid-back conservative imaginative but lack self-esteem as a nation. We take pride in our language especially in poetry. We are welcoming hosts but sometimes not so fond of our close neighbours - which reflects at a larger scale in our distrust for Spain our only neighbouring country. All in all we are relaxed and don't strain ourselves in anything more than necessary:) |
| Tim from Japan |
Ainu |
Not much - very old group of people with more western looking faces and generally curly hair now restricted to northern Japan but in the past probably more widespread own language and very different culture. |
| Tim White from Canada |
Inuit in the north and Algonquin in south - with Metis and my own heritage as M'ic Maq (we just got our status as founding members of Qalipu Band...then Newfoundland had its own indigenous peoples called the Beothuks |
The metis are mix of french and are mostly in central canada. the M'ic Maq are eastern canada and the newest band was created on Sept 26 2011. The Beothuks indigenous only to Newfoundland were decimated by infectious disease the last survivor being Mary March though the release of DNA has been prohibited by the government - any ancestors would have land rights to the entire province. Our northern brothers are the Inuit and live in more remote northern areas many think of igloos though with global warming and integration this heritage is being lost in some manner. |
| Tina Johnston from Australia |
Aboriginals |
Not as much as I should know even though I was not born in Australia. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Different native american groups typically lumped in as indians." I am not sure how many tribes there are across the nation." |
Each tribe has their own specific cultural norms. |
| Anonymous from USA |
American indians |
I have read many books visited reservations old villages. |
| Tom from USA |
In my area of the USA Cape Cod The Wampanoag are the majority native population with about twenty tribes |
They are the first people to meet the Pilgrims in 1620 and showed them how to survive their first winters in Massachusetts. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Native Americans |
There are so many to choose from but all are very spiritual tribes and love the land as we all should. |
| Tom from USA |
Native Americans |
Most who've retained their native identity live on reservations. |
| Tom from USA |
Native American Indians |
Many tribes got persecuted when settlers came. |
| Anonymous |
None |
Nothing |
| Tony from USA |
Native Americans |
They were the first people to make musical instruments in this land. Drum first Rattle second and the Flute third. |
| Tony from Canada |
1 st nations |
Lots |
| Anonymous |
Native americans |
My husbands people |
| Troy Ball from USA |
Native Americans |
Suffer the same fate as Australian Aboriginals. |
| Troy from USA |
Native american indians |
Too much to fit in this little box... but enough to know... I have more respect for them than those who colonized their land |
| Anonymous from USA |
Native Americans |
I'm from the Cherokee tribe. |
| Anonymous |
Italians |
Internet research |
| Anonymous |
Native Americans |
Not as much as I should |
| Anonymous from USA |
Native Americans / Indians (what they prefer) |
This is a long one among the knowledge I can convey is what I have learned from my friend and his family. Sand painting basket weaving storytelling are among culture that I have been exposed to. |
| Virginia Bleier from USA |
Aboriginal people |
NOt Much. They Sometimes play music |
| Ward Welch from USA |
Native American Tribes |
White European Immigrants (Americans) systematically destroyed the indigenous cultures of the Natives and removed them from their native ancestral lands. Many were slaughtered. |
| Anonymous |
Native americans |
They were in the usa long before the Pilgrims arrived |
| Anonymous |
Native Americans |
They are receiving more recognition from the USA. They are doing much better now than they have in the past. |
| Willem from Netherlands |
Trechterbekervolk" from the northern part of the Netherlands " |
They built 'Hunnebedden' (Dolmen) and nobody knows what the purpose of those dolmen were. We have 54 dolmen in the Netherlands of about 4000 years old. Archeologists say that they were used for graves but I am not sure that is their real purpose. I think it were places to meditate (like temples) and were linked to sound produced for meditation and healing. |
| William from USA |
Native Americans |
It depends on the tribe. There were many and each had vastly different customs. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Native american Indians. |
More than I feel like typing in this box. |
| Wouter from Netherlands |
I don't think we have had indigenous people except for ordinary dutch people. Not a special race like indians or something. Maybe we don't know about them because they were suppressed at least the culture was. |
Not so much. |
| Anonymous from Israel |
Canaanites until 3300 years ago. After that the people of Israel. |
Canaanites: as written in the first 2 Books of the Torah Jews: I am one and we are very proud of our history Arabs are NOT indigenous of Israel most of them moved during the last 100 years to Israel and until 50 years ago they wanted to be part of Syria. |
