The recent Arab uprisings have prompted governments to improve life for the indigenous population as well.
The French of Algeria are themselves an indigenous population in the full sense of the word.
It has no indigenous population but is home to UK research bases and those of other nations.
Overall, one third of the indigenous population is considered to be functionally illiterate.
Europe's indigenous population is ageing fast, with a quarter of it over 60.
The constitution provides power to the indigenous population (which constitute about 55% of the population) and to the Bolivian state apparatus.
The reef campaign was launched by Green group representatives from New Caledonia's indigenous population, as well as Green supporters from France and Australia.
Long story short, the indigenous population of Haiti was decimated shortly after the Europeans landed in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
In 2008, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologised to the indigenous population for laws and policies that "inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss".
Immigration is likely to offer at best a quick fix as educated second-generation families will face the same opportunity set as the indigenous population.
Her political affiliation is with Winaq, an indigenous movement which has its base in the Mayan indigenous population most of whom live in poor rural areas.
Butler also talks to guest host Tracey Tanenbaum about moving to Western Australia, hanging out with his small town's indigenous population, and how he inherited his grandfather's dobro.
In 2008 Mr Rudd, soon after becoming prime minister, did make an apology, supported by the Liberal Party, which seems to have gone down well, especially among the indigenous population.
The expansion of copper and gold mining in Chile and Peru has mainly occurred in arid areas and has led to competition for scarce water with both export agriculture and the needs of the indigenous population.
Humans wiped out the indigenous wild animal population a century ago, but now the animals are back, carefully restocked and maintained in growing numbers.
The ethnic mix of Guam's population is 40 percent indigenous Chamorro people, 25 percent Filipino and the rest is a blend of Pacific Islanders, Asians and whites.
Roberto Blancarte, a sociologist of religion at the Colegio de Mexico, points out that in Chiapas, a state with a high proportion of indigenous people, almost 14% of the population is now Protestant.
They are rooted in its spiky geography (arable land is scarce, and land disputes frequent) and in its extreme poverty, especially among the indigenous people who make up 38% of the population.
The dam will not force indigenous populations along the Xingu to relocate, which today that population is estimated to be around 2, 500.
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There have been many groups represented over time, from enslaved and indigenous peoples, those of European stock, and now to a population reflecting the wider world -- truly a "melting pot, " he said.
The majority of the population in every one of Mexico's 100 poorest municipalities is of indigenous descent, says Mr Abreu.
The Inuit represent less than half the Arctic's indigenous people, who in turn account for only 10% of the region's population.
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