indigenous population
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindigenousandpopulation
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indigenous
adjective
uk/ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ɪ.nəs/us/ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ə.nəs/
used to refer to, or relating to, the people who originally lived in a place, rather than people who moved there from somewhere ...
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population
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˌpɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌpɑː.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
all the people living in a particular country, area, ...
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(Definition ofindigenousandpopulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theindigenouspopulationcreated their own image of the state, and brought this to bear in their struggles to keep control of their land.
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Interestingly, the increase in microfilaria prevalence with age, which was observed in theindigenouspopulation, was also evident in the transmigrant population.
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Riding the coattails of the languages of theindigenouspopulationis not likely to be effective policy.
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According to these censuses, the totalindigenouspopulationin 1897 was 4,986,324, growing to 5,941,604 in 1911.
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French language and culture worked hand in hand with military forces to domesticate and eventually depersonalize theindigenouspopulation.
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A claim of dominion was used, in turn, to legitimise the town's right to call on theindigenouspopulationfor labour service.
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These immigrants, who occupy all avenues of power, are at first glance indistinguishable from theindigenouspopulation.
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On the one hand, theindigenouspopulationacknowledges their experience, in-depth knowledge and superior livestock management techniques, when compared with their own practices.
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Minorities are almost everywhere assumed to provide greater support for their elderly relatives than theindigenouspopulation, but this assumption is often incorrect.
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This is absolutely crucial as it shows that the appellation thug was actually used by theindigenouspopulation.
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The third part of the book examines the impact of these developments on theindigenouspopulation.
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The difference germ theory makes is that now the poison that originates in the landscape can be transmitted by its immune carriers, theindigenouspopulation.
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During this time increasing demands for restitution of appropriated lands by a cross section of theindigenouspopulationthreatened the country's political stability.
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Lacking precious metals, its only source of wealth consisted of the largeindigenouspopulation.
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Historians have long understood that conflict between colonists and theindigenouspopulationhad to do with contested resources.
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One can easily see the problem: the corporation or university has entered the state's territory to acquire the resources or knowledge of anindigenouspopulation.
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This is not to imply that there were no conflicts between migrant herdsmen and theindigenouspopulationin both countries during this period.
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The court's overriding obligation, in the two centuries of its operation (1592-1820), was to protect and defend theindigenouspopulation.
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