Name and Country |
Who are the indigenous people of your country? |
What do you know about them? |
| Chris from Canada |
The indigenous people of Canada are the: Inuit First Nations and M |
They were first friends with but soon were taken advantage of by the French settlers in early Canada. Over the years their culture has suffered; restricted by laws and institutions forced upon them. Many indigenous people in Canada today suffer greatly; with a loss of education they are losing connection to their roots. There is on the other hand a resilience that has made it through. All over southern Ontario where I live there are frequently native festivals and events open to all. There are native cultural centres all around the city of Toronto highlighting the network of support working to mend the past. |
| John Watson from USA |
Native Americans |
I am part Native American and attend Pow Wows workshops and collect Native American art ie: Zuni Fetishes. I have some knowledge of them. |
| Jo-ellyn from USA |
Australia |
They are a unique talented people who's history is rich with stories legends. |
| Tony from Australia |
Aborigines (Ngunnawal in my area) |
Over 260 language families spiritual links with land some famous from sport to culture (Freeman Namatjira Gurrumul etc) |
| Simone from Italy |
The italians |
Italy is a country formed by such many different cultures in fact before 1861 there were many different states and so you can't talk about people of italy but people of venice people of reggio calabria and so on. I know much about history of my country and behaviours of different places people |
| Brian from United Kingdom |
Celts |
Not enough |
| Karen Gulley from USA |
Indians |
Some |
| Anonymous |
Native american indians |
Not much |
| Stephen Pretty from Australia |
Native australians the original custodian owners of australia |
A race steeped in their beliefs and traditions |
| Heather from USA |
Native/American Indians |
The Spanish/Colonial took their land & used them as slaves |
| Anonymous from USA |
American indians |
Not enough |
| Anonymous |
American Indians |
Not enough. |
| Romaine Adella from USA |
The Native Americans A.K.A the American Indian |
That they were moved westward and almost wiped out by colonist due to disease etc. |
| Anonymous |
Native Americans? |
They're more spiritual |
| Chase from Canada |
First Nations |
They live in reservations very diverse culture |
| Bradley from USA |
American Indian |
A lot I grew up with them. |
| Anonymous |
Native americans |
Very brave and treated horribly |
| Anonymous |
Australian Aborigines |
Not a lot really |
| Anonymous |
Native americans |
There are different tribes some were peaceful some not they can live on reservations for free but they aren't that nice |
| Anonymous |
Native American tribes |
They are the first inhabitants of north America. There are lots of Individual tribes with there own nations and history's. Most have there own languages art and customs. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Native Americans |
We took their land... |
| Jeannie from USA |
Native Americans or American indians. |
They have been driven from their homes by invading cultures mostly european they now reside primarily on reservations. Their culture is being forgotten because for the most part they have been forced to conform to the invading culture. |
| Anonymous |
Native American indians and eskimos of alaska. |
The American indians like the Aborigines of Australia were a misunderstood people and were not treated nicely by the military and settlers |
| Anonymous |
Aborigines |
Original in habitants of Australia |
| Anonymous |
American indian |
Depends on the tribe |
| Jean from USA |
Native americans |
There are many tribes. |
| Willard from USA |
They are clumped into a group called American Indians though that doesn't begin to comprehend the vast arrays of tribes throughout the continent. Seminole Cherokee Iroquois the Abenaki Choctaw Sioux Blackfoot Chickasaw are but a few of the tribes indigenous to North America. |
I have studied topically on many tribes and only researched a few. The Iroquois had an amazing government established which wars between the different tribes to come to a relative halt. I have read mainly about them and the Cherokee as Cherokee is in my lineage from eastern KY. |
| Anonymous from USA |
The indigenous people of the USA are native americans |
They originated in Africa and migrated over a period of hundreds or thousands of years across the land bridge which existed between current Alaska and Russia and then southward forming tribes with unique ideologies and beliefs. |
| Colby from USA |
Native americans |
A lot about their societies religions their cultures.. Just a lot |
| Anonymous from USA |
The Native Americans |
Not a lot unfortunately. |
| Anonymous |
Wefweff |
Fewwef |
| Emily from USA |
Native Americans |
They were native to America before we came and took over their land. |
| Anonymous |
Don't know |
Nothing |
| Pauline from Canada |
The native Indians and Eskimos |
They have a unique culture that is fascinating to study |
| Melissa Baldwin from USA |
American Indians |
The are descendants of africans - Out of Africa theory |
| Anonymous from Germany |
As Germany lies in the heart of Europe indigenous groups of all Europe have mixed over quite long time so there is no group like the australian aborigines here... |
Well going back to the times when there were indigenous groups in Germany what I know is they fought the Romans... |
| Ver |
No lo s |
Lo desconozco. |
| Anonymous |
No idea |
Nothing |
| Nelson from USA |
American Indians |
History Books & Friends |
| Ariella Trotti from Italy |
There are several called before Romans Italic Tribes and quite different from region to another region.Sicani Itali Ligures and many others |
I know more about CEltics people because they were in North of Italy where I live.They have respect for nature a spirituality based on this.They also were warriors. |
| Anonymous |
There are many of them but these are some of what I know: Aetas (Atis) Moros Sambals Ibanags Ivatans Badjaos Lumads Visayans Mangyans Bicolanos Tagalogs Kapampangans and many more. |
I first heard of them when I was web browsing about the Sydney 2000 Olympics... I was still too young to use computer by the time the Sydney Olympics were still being held and the computer wasn't still a part of living in our city. And so now I'm old enough I had interest searching about it.... then I came across the name "Cathy Freeman". Sounds interesting..... I searched her name on YouTube and.... Wow! She was fast! Searched her Bio and saw that she is an Australian Aboriginal sprinter. I had to search about the race of course and read about it and here's what I learned about them (also found info from your website so gotta put that here too): They already had the presence in Australia to at least 40 000 years. They believe that their origins and The Creation was made in the Dreamtime. Aboriginal men hunt for food using spears and boomerangs. Their spiritual songs are often telling about their ancestors in the Dreamtime and is accompanied by the Australian Aborigines famous instrument the DIDGERIDOO. And more to tell. |
| Timur Paltuyev from Kazakhstan |
Kazakhs tribes |
Kazakh people before Mongolian invasion look like European Blue eyed and white hair |
| Anonymous from USA |
Native Americans/indians |
They lived in harmony with the land eating/hunting and growing only what they needed. They lived in a society where everyone contributed to the greater good. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Assorted "American Indians " Cherokee Iroquois Apache Inuit (extreme north) Adriana (gulf coast) etc. |
Most indigenous American peoples were highly spiritual but not essentially polytheistic offering reverence but not necessarily worship to the spirits that were believed to inhabit nearly every thing. Most nations referred to themselves as "the People" in their own language and the estimated continental population prior to European "discovery" of the Americas was the the 6-15 million person range dropping suddenly down to merely hundreds of thousands by the American Revolutionary war. Though they are often described as being bloodthirsty or warlike even the most "Savage" nations and tribes were in fact rather welcoming rarely displaying the same xenophobia of their European neighbours and regularly welcoming and adopting in whites that chose the native life and beliefs instead. Tribal life tended to revolve around the community centre fire pit or lodge where stories of how the People came to be lessons from nature et al were conveyed through storytelling song and dance. Contrary to popular belief the indigenous peoples of the Americas had to learn the hard way about conservation after causing noticeable features like the Great Plains were created from nationwide forests through slash-and-burn farming and single-handedly causing the extinction of various mammoth species through overhunting. Nonetheless reverence and harmony with the world around them was something usually strove for and intertribal warfare usually resulted in far less death than any other warring culture preferring to prove bravery often by "counting coup " getting close and touching but not injuring one's opponent. |
| Oriol Sanchez Castello from Andorra |
Caucasian |
Not too much. |
| Anonymous |
Indians |
Not that much |
| Jerome from Us Minor Outlying Islands |
Re question this |
N/a |
| Beaux from USA |
Called "Indians" by most - politically they are "Native Americans" |
More than an average person - I watch documentaries when possible. and I am 1/8th Indian but forget which tribe |
| Dawn from USA |
Indians |
Very family oriented life based on religion and family |
| Gerald Storrs from USA |
American Indians many tribes |
Some tribes were hunter gatherers some farmed the land. Some woods habitat others plains. Dwellings ranged from hide tepees to mud/wood stave some cut into cliffs. some adobe ( caliche) Quite a bit of intertribal fighting eg |
| Ruby from USA |
American Indians |
Not enough |
| Francois from Belgium |
Walloons german dialect-speaking groups flemish and some others (Picards...) |
Well I don't know much about the flemish part but in the south some people still speak in walloon or others dialects. In every small part of the country you can find people speaking different dialects. For example in the west they speak with a close-to-german dialect in the south a "french"-type dialect and so on. |
| Matej from Slovenia |
South Slavs |
They have a rich cultural and musical history. |
| Kieran from South Africa |
Khoi San and Bushman |
They are a nomadic hunter gatherer race |
| Bryan from USA |
Native American Indian peoples |
Their vast rich culture has been nearly completely destroyed |
| Stephen from USA |
Native Americans |
A lot - I have studied Native American history and cultures |
| Doug from USA |
There are many tribes of native Americans occupying the cities the country and the reservations. |
Like so many native peoples they have endured great hardship. Some tribes are thriving... others not so much. I know more about the Sioux tribe who live on the Standing Rock reservation near where I grew up than I do about other tribes. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Native Americans |
They are played by native tribes (peoples) in ceremonies celebrations. They are usually used for percussive and used in dance as well. |
| Gabriel Solis from Costa Rica |
They are the best part of our culture but most people do not know them. |
There are to different tribes all over the country. they still speak their original languages types of art a the way to build their houses. most of them are hunters. |
| Anonymous from USA |
American Indians |
A proud people decimated by war and disease. |
| Bob from USA |
American Indian |
Many tribes |
| Franck from France |
There are only 80% indigenous in France with the d |
The French indigenous is missing. |
| Michael Baca from USA |
Native Americans |
I am part Blackfoot and lived on the Sioux reservation for many years. I was taught by a medicine man the ways to native healing and beliefs. So what do you want to know?:) |
| John from USA |
Native Americans |
They came from land bridge on the Bering Strait from Asia |
| Anonymous |
Is nice |
We nice people |
| Anonymous |
The french |
I know that they like cheese |
| Anonymous |
Aboriginals |
Over 40000 yrs in australia hunter/gatherers etc |
| Anonymous |
American Indians or Native Americans |
More than I can type here |
| Marlo from Ireland |
The celts |
That they where a tribal race many different clans all over ireland there were high kings of the four Provence's. then the British Empire wiped out the clans raped our land to build all their boats out of centuries old Irish oak trees to plunder the rest of the world as they saw fit. |
| Anonymous |
Very small percentage in the US |
Not much I'm here to learn more |
| Anonymous |
The Native Americans or Indians who in my opinion have been shafted by the US government! |
They live on reservations given to them by the government (how thoughtful right?) providing them with limited income and pretty much being snubbed by the surrounding communities. And this is how we treat fellow human beings in America? |
| Anonymous |
Aboriginal and torres strait peoples |
Quite a bit |
| Anonymous |
The Aborigines. |
They are a desert dwelling nomadic people with a distinctive art style. |
| Anonymous |
Maori |
They came after the Maoriori and they were from the chattam islands. only about 15% of New Zealanders are Maori |
| Anonymous from Canada |
First Nations of Canada (have numerous tribes clan and confederations. It's wide and interesting history. |
I have taken a few Sociology and anthropology classes on First Nation culture but there is SO MUCH TO KNOW about Canadian First Nations. A very large indigenous group with a complex history. We never ask a simple question; how do First Nations people feel today. |
| Frank from USA |
Native American Indians |
Quite a lot(history major in college) Chief of my Lodge(Order of the Arrow) Boy Scouts of America. |
| Anonymous |
Ainu |
Live in Hokkaido. |
| David from Australia |
Aboriginals / Native Australians |
Learnt at school / Know a few. |
| Nathan from Brazil |
There are 227 indigenous nations the most significant are the Tupi and the Guarani |
They speak the Tupi-Guarani dialect and are spread all over the brazilian territory and Paraguay these tribes are organized for about a millennium and represent the biggest influence on south brazilian language and culture. |
| Don from USA |
American Indian |
Not much other than there are may dialects tribes and traditions. Europeans wiped out the indigenous populations (genocide & integration) for land and material resources (greed) |
| Anonymous from USA |
Indians |
They been through a genocide |
| Anonymous |
Indians.. or Native Americans |
Many were born and died on the same lands. They lived one with nature. They gave back to nature what they took. They built their own homes and tools and clothing. They had their own language. They believed in spirits and the supernatural. So much more..... |
| Sonya from Canada |
There are many tribes such as Algonquin Ojibway Dogrib all parts of First Nations Inuit and Metis. |
They are at risk currently due to many things such as violence drugs and alcohol losing their traditional ways and F.A.S. as well as lack of resources such as sewage management access to food and clean water all part of their isolation. They are amazing groups of people with much to offer. |
| Anonymous |
The First Nations people or Native Americans as they are sometimes called are the indigenous people of Canada. |
I know a lot...how much do you want me to write? There are many different tribes of First Nations people across Canada such as Haida Coast Salish Iroquois to name a few...there are many many more. They faced many problems when European settlers arrived in Canada there was much abuse and many were killed. Children were forced into residential schools and forced to adopt christianity as their religion. Many years later several treaties were formed as a form of reparation but a lot of damage was done that can not be reversed or repaired. A lot of their land was taken away and their spirituality was closely tied to the land this caused big problems. Now many first nations communities are still dealing with issues bad reputations drug and alcohol abuse diabetes etc. There are many first nations people that are living beautifully as well though. |
| Kevin from USA |
American Indians |
That settlers came to American and drove the native population out by force or placed them in encampments. |
| Richard Macias from USA |
The native American Tribes |
How each Tribe in there own culture were one with the earth and sensitive to all there surrounds and respected what the land had to offer them. The natural healing that they had and believed in. |
| Bill from USA |
Native americans |
Much since I am part native american and have spent time on reservations an have studied culture and history |
| Antoni from Spain |
Celts |
They was people that stay in iberian peninsula about 500 before C. |
| David from USA |
Aborigines |
Not much. I would like to know more. |
| Anonymous from Australia |
Aboriginals |
They were here first stone age peoples England invaded. |
| Mikael from Denmark |
The Vikings. |
That they where violent big took on a lot of trips world wide raped ate meat and drank a lot of mead.. |
| Peter Hatt from USA |
Native Americans |
They were mistreated and their land was stolen from them. |
| Charles Dean from USA |
Native Americans |
Native to "North America." Beautiful cultures and beliefs of protecting Mother Earth |
| Jared from USA |
USA the country? the original settlers- after independence day. the land which the USA is made of was indigenous to the native americans. |
They didn't have understand the concept of land ownership; the settlers took advantage of the natives and eventually forced them off of their land. now many of them live in native american reservations. |
| Andy from United Kingdom |
The Celts |
Lived in various parts of the UK including England Scotland Ireland and Wales. The Cornish people consider themselves of celtic origin. |
