Indigenous peoples have inhabited the Arctic for thousands of years. The proportion indigenous people is estimated to be about 10 percent of total population living in arctic areas. There are over 40 different ethnic groups living in the Arctic.

This word “Indigenous” has seen increasing use in recent years, and you may have gathered from context clues that it refers, at least in the United States, to Native Americans.

Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America. Most of the population is of indigenous or mixed Maya descent.

The Southern Diegueño are known in their language as the Kumeyaay. The Kumeyaay/Diegueño occupy most of San Diego County and northern Baja Mexico, from around Escondido to south of Ensenada. Some research shows that the Kumeyaay are the same as the Kamia, which are the Yuman-speaking Indians of Imperial County, over the mountains east of San Diego County.

There are a total of 36 recognized indigenous peoples, including Aymara, Quechua, Chiquitano, Guaraní and Moxeño. Other minority groups include Afro-Bolivians, and small communities of Japanese and Europeans including Germans (Mennonites).

The indigenous peoples of the Heart of Borneo are commonly known as Dayak. The term was coined by Europeans referring to the non-Malay inhabitants of Borneo.

Have you ever wondered about the indigenous tribal people living in some of the most remote and secluded corners of Indonesia?

HRD investigates what it takes to build a great cultural diversity initiative

Indigenous women have a vital role to play in the struggle over land, and are increasingly overcoming a double discrimination to assert their rights.

Languages are an intangible human patrimony, they reflect different world views, culture and traditions, and serve as the main vehicle for reenacting them over generations. They shall be preserved and be taken care of.

When the first European explorers found their way into the Highlands of Papua New Guinea in the 1930’s, they didn’t find the mountain ranges they were expecting. Instead, they chanced upon heavily cultivated valleys and over one million people living here.

Brazil turned 500 in 2000 and still ignores the immense diversity of the Indigenous peoples living in its territory.

2007 was a watershed year for Indigenous rights. On September 13th, the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and it has since been ratified by 143 countries. While the Declaration is not legally binding, it sets a global standard for the treatment of Indigenous Peoples. This was a vital step in securing Indigenous rights worldwide.

Called Tribal Peoples, First Peoples, Native Peoples, and Indigenous Peoples, these original inhabitants call themselves by many names in their 4,000 + unique languages and constitute about 6.2% of the world’s population.

Hill's TV debut, making him the first indigenous comedian in prime time, is one of the milestones that Kliph Nesteroff chronicles in "We Had a Little Real Estate Problem," an illuminating and stereotype-busting history of Native Americans and comedy.

University-wide initiative has widened its focus and influence

Muir's romantic vision obscured Indigenous ownership of the land—but a new generation is pulling away the veil

Here are the traditions and beliefs that some Indigenous people hold dear.

So often when we think of the great Native American heroes of the past, we think of the brave male warriors and chiefs who led their people through war and the long journey into an uncertain future. Here, we honor the Native American women who soldiered alongside them.

While the previous explorations of African American and white female experience suggest both the gains and limitations produced in the Revolutionary Era, from the perspective of almost all Native Americans the American Revolution was an unmitigated disaster.