The native inhabitant of America, India or Siberia - who is he?

Coming to big and small foreign cities, visiting other countries, we meet a huge number of interesting and not very people. Many of them proudly elevate themselves to the status of "native inhabitant" of the city of N. Although their ancestors came to this locality about 50 years ago.

Let's figure out who has the right to call himself a true indigenous settler, a local resident and an aborigine. Simple communication, literary sources and even the media often abound in the misinterpretation of these concepts. It should be noted that in different languages and in different cultures, the interpretation and perception of the phrase "native inhabitant" can be equated in meaning with the word "aborigine", while their close synonym "local resident" in almost all countries has a completely different, but everywhere Absolutely the same meaning.

Very well the first two concepts are explained in the 168th Convention of the International Labor Organization. This document states that there are two explanations for the term "native inhabitant". Based on the first, aboriginal tribes (peoples) are groups of people who live for several generations in the territory of a given country, but whose cultural traditions and foundations differ from the cultural traditions of the rest of the population. The second category includes those people who lived in this area long before the arrival of the colonists. This is the "native inhabitant".

An excellent example for this term are the aborigines of America - the Indians. Long before the arrival of the English on the territory of the New World, there were tribes that were engaged in hunting, lived in wigwams and smoked a pipe of peace. They wore huge headdresses from feathers and loincloths. They had their own traditions and foundations. When the first English landed on the territory of America, the Indians met them very friendly. They helped the gentlemen of the Old World survive during droughts and crop failures. Thanks to the participation in the life of the British of this ethnic group, a holiday such as Thanksgiving Day has appeared.

Currently, the Indian Aborigines live mostly in a separate territory within the country, which is called a reservation. The descendants of those first arrived in the territory of modern US Englishmen are also native inhabitants. People who come to America every day to find a better share and remain forever gradually become local people.

Many people often ask a difficult question "what is the name of the native inhabitant of this or that country or region." Of course, everything is easy and clear with the population of Moscow, Belarus, Ukraine, USA, England and many others. But there are rare exceptions where it is impossible to apply the relationship between the name of the place of residence and its resident. So, for example, the native inhabitant of Sakhalin is called an orok. His brother from Israel is a sabra, and from Siberia - a chalcedon. The native inhabitant of the country of yoga and Ganges - India - is called an Indian (or Indian). But not Indian. There are many interesting names for the aborigines of different countries.

At present, the boundaries and time frames of this term have been erased, and already the fifth generation living in the territory of a particular country is proud to call itself indigenous.