Indigenous peoples go by many names. Indigenous peoples. Native peoples. First Nations. Aboriginal peoples. Autochthonous peoples. Tribal peoples. Some names are chosen, others imposed.
Indigenous people bear the image of God, like all human beings.
In the United States, native peoples include American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. A large population of Sami lives in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Many terms are used in Africa including tribal peoples. In Latin America, the term used is pueblos indigenas, while in the Philippines, they are called katutubong mamamayan or in southern Philippines, Lumad.
There are more than 350 million indigenous peoples in at least 70 countries around the world. There are 565 federally-recognized tribes in the U.S. and dozens seeking recognition.
Indigenous people bear the image of God, like all human beings. They possess inherent human dignity as all other people do. But a history of colonialism and oppression has denied this reality.
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