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  2. Uncontacted peoples - Wikipedia

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    Historically European colonial ideas of uncontacted peoples, and their colonial claims over them, were informed by the imagination of and search for Prester John, king of a wealthy Christian realm in isolation, [10] [11] as well as the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, identifying uncontacted peoples as "lost tribes".

  3. List of active rebel groups - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of active rebel groups around the world. A " rebel group " is defined here as a polity that uses armed conflict in opposition to established government (or governments) for reasons such as to seek political change or to establish, maintain, or to gain independence.

  4. List of matrilineal or matrilocal societies - Wikipedia

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    Asia: Borneo: Both Neither Edwin H Gomes: 1911 Imazighen: Africa: North Sahara: George Peter Murdock: 1959 Jaintia: Asia: India: Matrilocal Matrilineal Jívaro: South America: West Amazon: Rafael Karsten: 1926 Jews in the Kibbutzim: Asia: Israel [8] Matrilineal: Judith Buber Agassi [9] 1989 Karen: Asia: Burma: Matrilocal Matrilineal Harry ...

  5. Global Peace Index - Wikipedia

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    Global Peace Index 2023. Countries appearing with a deeper shade of green are ranked as more peaceful, countries appearing more red are ranked as more violent. [1] Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Australia-based NGO Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions ...

  6. List of countries by ethnic groups - Wikipedia

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    While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural, linguistic, or religious factors for classification. Ethnic groups may be subdivided into subgroups, which ...

  7. List of Indigenous peoples - Wikipedia

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    Painting of Bimbache of El Hierro by Leonardo Torriani, 1592 The San are the oldest inhabitants of Southern Africa. Indigenous communities, peoples, and nations are those which have a historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories, and may consider themselves distinct from other sectors of the societies now prevailing on those territories ...

  8. Genocide of indigenous peoples - Wikipedia

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    At least 4,500 California Indians were killed between 1849 and 1870, while many more perished due to disease and starvation. [195] 10,000 Indians were also kidnapped and sold as slaves. [196] In a speech before representatives of Native American peoples in June 2019, California governor Gavin Newsom apologized for the genocide. Newsom said ...

  9. Denial of genocides of Indigenous peoples - Wikipedia

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    Others try to deny and minimize the destructive impacts of the Indian Residential Schools. They believe Canada’s historical myth that the nation has treated Indigenous Peoples with benevolence and generosity is true.” [ 97 ] The report prompted Leah Gazan , an NDP Member of Parliament, to introduce Bill C-413 in 2024 that would ban ...