- List of indigenous peoples
pp semi indef pp move indef Main Indigenous peoples See also List of indigenous rights organizations This is a partial list of the world s indigenous aboriginal native peoples . Indigenous peoples are any ethnic group of peoples who are considered to fall under one of the internationally recognized definitions of Indigenous peoples, such as United Nations , the International Labour Organization and the World Bank . ref Sanders, Douglas. 1999. Indigenous peoples Issues of definition. International Journal of Cultural Property. No. 8 pp. 4 13. ref . Note that this is a listing of peoples, groups and communities. This list is grouped by region, and sub region. Note that a particular group may warrant listing under more than one region, either because the group is distributed in more than one region example Inuit in North America and eastern Russia , or there may be some overlap of the regions themselves that is, the boundaries of each region are not always clear and some locations may commonly be associated with more than one region . Earth Labelled Map width 447 float right Africa Main Indigenous peoples of Africa The continent of Africa , including associated islands such as Madagascar , but excluding Arabia . Central Africa Central Africa generally includes the lands mainly of the Congo River basin, south of the Sahara desert Sahara and west of the East African Rift . Pygmy Pygmy peoples Central and Western Africa East Africa East Africa generally includes the Horn of Africa region and parts of surrounding countries. colbegin 2 Acholi people Acholi Uganda Afar people Afar Djibouti , Eritrea , Ethiopia Agaw Ethiopia Akisho Ethiopia Alur people Alur Uganda Ovambo people Ambo Zambia Amhara people Amhara Ethiopia Ankole Uganda Anuak people Anuak Ethiopia Antalote Comoros Aushi Zambia Aweer people Aweer Kenya , Somalia ref Kipuri 2007, p.472 ref Ayoup Ethiopia Baganda Uganda Bahima Ankole Uganda , Rwanda Bagisu Uganda Bagwere Uganda Bakiga Uganda Bakonjo Uganda Basoga Ug ... more details
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