Aborigine
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Displaced people with a prior or historical ownership of (or association with) a land, and who maintain (at least in part) their distinct traditions and association with the land, and are differentiated in some way from the surrounding populations and dominant nation-state culture and governance.
Additionally, several specific indigenous people are commonly referred to as "Aborigines" in English usage:
Indigenous Australians other than Torres Strait Islanders
Tasmanian Aborigines, the indigenous inhabitants of the island of Tasmania, Australia
Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan
Aboriginal peoples in Canada, indigenous people recognized in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982