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Peoples are usually described as indigenous when they maintain traditions or other aspects of an early culture that is associated with a given region.
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Adopted substantial elements of a colonizing culture, historically associated with a specific territory on which they depend, loss of cultural parameters.
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Throughout history, different states designate the groups within their boundaries that are recognized as indigenous peoples according to international or national legislation by different terms.
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The status of the indigenous groups in the subjugated relationship can be characterized in most instances as an effectively marginalized or isolated in comparison to majority groups or the nation-state as a whole. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #WeAreIndigenousOfIndus

Their ability to influence and participate in the external policies that may exercise jurisdiction over their traditional lands and practices is very frequently limited.
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This situation can persist even in the case where the indigenous population outnumbers that of the other inhabitants of the region or state;
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the defining notion here is one of separation from decision and regulatory processes that have some, at least titular, influence over aspects of their community and land rights.
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Long Live Sindh
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