先せん住じゅう民みん族ぞく

noun

indigenous people; aboriginal people

Refers to ethnic groups native to a region, often in contexts of rights, history, or anthropology. More formal than 先住民.

• 先せん住じゅう民みん族ぞくの権けん利りを守まもる法ほう律りつが制せい定ていされた。

  A law was enacted to protect the rights of indigenous peoples.

• この地ち域いきには古ふるくから先せん住じゅう民みん族ぞくが住すんでいる。

  Indigenous people have lived in this area since ancient times.