Native

native English Pronunciation en en-au-Native.ogg AU Adjective - Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. Compare en native, which is more general. en 2013 Tracy Devine Guzmán Native and National in Brazil: Indigeneity After Independence UNC Press Books 9781469602080 170 when the Treaty of Tordesillas (in Portuguese, Tordesilhas) gave the disgruntled Portuguese the land mass now known as Brazil; and leads us all the way into the twenty—first century, with hosts of unsettled Native land claims en US Canada Indian: Native American or First Nation; of or relating to (North) American Indians. en Indian agents actas a government representatives to communities of Native North Americans. en 2005 Native American Issues: A Reference Handbook 82 1851097414 Therefore, in 1885 Congress passed the Major Crimes Act whereby jurisdiction in the case of seven major crimes (the list of crimes was later expanded) occurring on Native lands was placed in the hands of federal courts. en Australia New Zealand Aboriginal; of or relating to Australian Aboriginal peoples, Aborigines. 1904 November 3, in the New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, second session, fifteenth parliament, legislative council and house of representatives, volume 131, Native Land Rating Bill, page 814: He did not ask the Council to sanction the removal of all restrictions on Native lands, but simply asked that such lands as are to be rated under this Bill should have their titles freed in so far as to enable the Native owners to lease those lands and obtain some benefit therefrom. en South Africa Related to black Africans, especially Bantu. Noun An aboriginal inhabitant of a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. Compare en native, which is more general. en 2016 Patrick Wolfe Traces of History: Elementary Structures of Race Verso Books 9781781689196 cachet, Amazon Natives have succeeded in attracting an impressive degree of international support. The catastrophic attrition of Natives in Brazil raises the fundamental question of why the Portuguese took Africans there at all. en US Canada A Native American. en Australia New Zealand An Aborigine. en South Africa dated possibly offensive A black African, especially a Bantu. en December 6, 1901 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/69252 The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record 4 20 613 District Reports J. J. Jackson Thunderstorms have been more frequent, and I regret to say during one last week a Native kraal was struck by lightning, the electric fluid killing three head of cattle; several Natives in a hut received a shock, but happily no further injury. Usage notes See the usage notes at en native.