Indigenous Peoples from Around the World

1. Indigenous Peoples from Around the World Kaipao Indians in the Brazilian Amazon A Cherokee Indian By Alice Deasy

2. Who are Indigenous People? → The term indigenous peoples is used to describe any ethnic group of people who live in a place of which they are the earliest known inhabitants.

3. Warm-up Questions • Have you ever met an indigenous person? • What do you think about Taiwanese aborigines? • Would you like to have been born an aborigine? • Have you ever visited a traditional village? • Name three things you feel is unfair towards Taiwanese aborigines in modern day society.

4. Native Americans → Native Americans, also called American Indians, is a term used to describe the original inhabitants of North America. there are about 2 million Native Americans in the United States and 1 million in Canada, from around 150 different tribes.

5. What is a totem pole? Totem poles are big sculptures carved from large trees, usually cedar by cultures of the Indigenous peoples of North America. Totem poles may tell legends, clan lineages, or important events. Some poles celebrate cultural beliefs, but others are mostly artistic presentations.

6. Difference in skin colour

7. Indigenous peoples in South America

8. Australian Aborigines

9. 400 and more distinct Australian Aboriginal peoples have been identified across the Australian continent, each distinguished by unique names.

10. What do you think this sticker means?

11. What is a boomerang? A boomerang is a curved piece of wood used as a weapon and for sport. Some boomerangs were used in hand-to-hand combat.

12. Vocabulary Indigenous 原住的 distinguished分辨的, 分明的 Ethnic race人種Boomerang 回飛棒 Inhabitants居民 combat 打架, 打鬥 Totem pole圖騰 legends 傳奇 Sculptures 雕塑,雕刻 clan lineages 族譜 Continent 大陸, 大洲

13. References Images- Getty Images Graph- Chaplin G. Main Info- Wikipedia, American Indian Association