Aboriginal
adjective
Being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native.
Their aboriginal customs and traditions are still preserved.
Often appears as...
- aboriginal people
- aboriginal culture
noun
An original inhabitant of any land; an animal or a plant that has been in a region from the earliest time.
The dingo is believed to be an aboriginal species of Australia.
Often appears as...
- australian aboriginals
- canadian aboriginals
adjective
Being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native.
Their aboriginal customs and traditions are still preserved.
Often appears as...
- aboriginal people
- aboriginal culture
noun
An original inhabitant of any land; an animal or a plant that has been in a region from the earliest time.
The dingo is believed to be an aboriginal species of Australia.
Often appears as...
- australian aboriginals
- canadian aboriginals
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Use with respect when referring to people, acknowledging their unique cultures and history.
The aboriginal artwork displayed tells a significant story.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Respect
Implies deep historical connection to land or customs, often pre-dating colonization.
She studies the aboriginal languages of the region.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
Avoid using 'aboriginal' interchangeably with terms like 'tribal' or 'ethnic', which have different meanings.
The museum exhibit highlighted aboriginal cultures, not just any ethnic group.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Use with respect when referring to people, acknowledging their unique cultures and history.
The aboriginal artwork displayed tells a significant story.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Respect
Implies deep historical connection to land or customs, often pre-dating colonization.
She studies the aboriginal languages of the region.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
Avoid using 'aboriginal' interchangeably with terms like 'tribal' or 'ethnic', which have different meanings.
The museum exhibit highlighted aboriginal cultures, not just any ethnic group.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Use with respect when referring to people, acknowledging their unique cultures and history.
The aboriginal artwork displayed tells a significant story.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Respect
Implies deep historical connection to land or customs, often pre-dating colonization.
She studies the aboriginal languages of the region.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
Avoid using 'aboriginal' interchangeably with terms like 'tribal' or 'ethnic', which have different meanings.
The museum exhibit highlighted aboriginal cultures, not just any ethnic group.
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Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
but we could let that slip away. The tar sands could threaten not just a large section of the boreal. It compromises the life and the health of some of our most underprivileged and vulnerable people, the aboriginal communities that have so much to teach us. It could destroy the Athabasca Delta,
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Tweeting in Pitjantjatjar...
asked said no they're very sensitive about cameras culturally and I didn't want to cause any problems so I felt very bad because I've been travelling on Australia for two months and did not have a single picture of a full bladed blooded native Aboriginal and I said
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What It Takes to Keep...
aboriginal territory into mule deer winter range and other important places and archaeological sites in the mid 20th century hydroelectric dams were built on the klamath river preventing salmon from being able to swim upstream to their mating grounds
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Our natural sleep cycle...
So the culture, the northern aboriginal culture, traditionally has been highly seasonal. In winter, there's a lot of sleeping going on; you enjoy your family life inside. And in summer, it's almost manic hunting and working activity very long hours,
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Modern Lives, Ancient...
tamara says for martin fagger the value of living underground goes well beyond the elusive opal it's a way of life the tradition of underground living in australia has been prized for millennia by aboriginal cultures stretching back
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Dancing the Spirit Back...
just to keep the murray river's mouth open in the midst of the worst drought in history an aboriginal group decides it can wait no longer make you feel sorry to be sad
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Can machines read your...
For example, an image of a smile signals joy to modern urban dwellers and aboriginal tribesmen alike. And according to Ekman, anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness,
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The Future of Koalas PIPE...
there wow you got one it's a koala in the tree really really close down to the ground it must be extremely extremely hot an old aboriginal language koala
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The Life of a Photograph...
had lived there uninterruptedly for 80 thousand years this is a picture of ancient aboriginal life and this is a picture of contemporary Aboriginal
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Mallika Sarabhai: Dance...
And then aboriginal women in Africa would come and say, "This is it!" And I thought, "This is what we need, as a language."
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
but we could let that slip away. The tar sands could threaten not just a large section of the boreal. It compromises the life and the health of some of our most underprivileged and vulnerable people, the aboriginal communities that have so much to teach us. It could destroy the Athabasca Delta,
Video examples
Tweeting in Pitjantjatjar...
asked said no they're very sensitive about cameras culturally and I didn't want to cause any problems so I felt very bad because I've been travelling on Australia for two months and did not have a single picture of a full bladed blooded native Aboriginal and I said
Video examples
What It Takes to Keep...
aboriginal territory into mule deer winter range and other important places and archaeological sites in the mid 20th century hydroelectric dams were built on the klamath river preventing salmon from being able to swim upstream to their mating grounds
Video examples
Our natural sleep cycle...
So the culture, the northern aboriginal culture, traditionally has been highly seasonal. In winter, there's a lot of sleeping going on; you enjoy your family life inside. And in summer, it's almost manic hunting and working activity very long hours,
Video examples
Modern Lives, Ancient...
tamara says for martin fagger the value of living underground goes well beyond the elusive opal it's a way of life the tradition of underground living in australia has been prized for millennia by aboriginal cultures stretching back
Video examples
Dancing the Spirit Back...
just to keep the murray river's mouth open in the midst of the worst drought in history an aboriginal group decides it can wait no longer make you feel sorry to be sad
Video examples
Can machines read your...
For example, an image of a smile signals joy to modern urban dwellers and aboriginal tribesmen alike. And according to Ekman, anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness,
Video examples
The Future of Koalas PIPE...
there wow you got one it's a koala in the tree really really close down to the ground it must be extremely extremely hot an old aboriginal language koala
Video examples
The Life of a Photograph...
had lived there uninterruptedly for 80 thousand years this is a picture of ancient aboriginal life and this is a picture of contemporary Aboriginal
Video examples
Mallika Sarabhai: Dance...
And then aboriginal women in Africa would come and say, "This is it!" And I thought, "This is what we need, as a language."
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Phillip Noyce
Australian Director
The children, each of those kids is in touch with nature and traditional aboriginal culture so a very important part of getting performances from them was just letting them be and trying to capture the unique spirituality that was in each of them.
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Quentin Bryce
Australian Politician
The aboriginal women leaders of Papunya - the Papunya Artists - performed a dance for me: the Honey Ant dance. They'd never done it for anyone else. They honoured me with a ceremonial stick that signifies the story of the land.
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Xavier Rudd
Australian Musician
Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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Jessica Mauboy
Australian Musician
We've had real strong aboriginal male artists who've crossed over to the mainstream who have toured the U.K., who have been a massive influence on myself and many, many communities around Australia.
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Paul Martin
Canadian Politician
Canadians would not tolerate it if they really knew there was a whole generation of aboriginal Canadians who have a chance at a better education and are being denied it.
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Robbie Robertson
Canadian Musician
The direction is going the right way for respect for aboriginal people in North America, and all we can do is stand up and say, 'Please do it faster.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
The smoothest curled courtier in the boudoirs of a palace has an animal nature, rude and aboriginal as a white bear.
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Ellsworth Huntington
American Educator
The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.
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Tori Amos
American Musician
I've got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I'd like even more.
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Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Australian Athlete
I don't know whether I'm half, quarter or what. I just know I'm aboriginal.
Quote examples
Phillip Noyce
Australian Director
The children, each of those kids is in touch with nature and traditional aboriginal culture so a very important part of getting performances from them was just letting them be and trying to capture the unique spirituality that was in each of them.
Quote examples
Quentin Bryce
Australian Politician
The aboriginal women leaders of Papunya - the Papunya Artists - performed a dance for me: the Honey Ant dance. They'd never done it for anyone else. They honoured me with a ceremonial stick that signifies the story of the land.
Quote examples
Xavier Rudd
Australian Musician
Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
Quote examples
Jessica Mauboy
Australian Musician
We've had real strong aboriginal male artists who've crossed over to the mainstream who have toured the U.K., who have been a massive influence on myself and many, many communities around Australia.
Quote examples
Paul Martin
Canadian Politician
Canadians would not tolerate it if they really knew there was a whole generation of aboriginal Canadians who have a chance at a better education and are being denied it.
Quote examples
Robbie Robertson
Canadian Musician
The direction is going the right way for respect for aboriginal people in North America, and all we can do is stand up and say, 'Please do it faster.
Quote examples
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
The smoothest curled courtier in the boudoirs of a palace has an animal nature, rude and aboriginal as a white bear.
Quote examples
Ellsworth Huntington
American Educator
The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.
Quote examples
Tori Amos
American Musician
I've got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I'd like even more.
Quote examples
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Australian Athlete
I don't know whether I'm half, quarter or what. I just know I'm aboriginal.
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