"Indigenous peoples" is a collective name for the original peoples of North America and their descendants. Sometimes the term "Aboriginal peoples" is also used. The Canadian Constitution recognizes 3 groups of Indigenous peoples: Indians (more commonly referred to as First Nations), Inuit and Métis.

White Native Americans may refer to: Mestizo, a term used in Central and South America to refer to a person of combined European and Indigenous American descent. Métis, an ethnic group in Canada and parts of the United States of mixed Indigenous North American and European descent.

Indigenous Peoples — the challenges they face These include: a denial of their right to control their own development based on their own values, needs and priorities. a lack of - or very poor - political representation. a lack of access to social services.

“Indigenous” describes any group of people native to a specific region. In other words, it refers to people who lived there before colonists or settlers arrived, defined new borders, and began to occupy the land.