European Indigenous Peoples
Contributing Articles in European Indigenous Peoples
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Indigenous Christmas Origins
Flying reindeer, Santa coming down the chimney, elves with pointy hats, mistletoe - all these Christmas myths originate from Aboriginal cultures.
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Prussian Indigenous Revival
The Prusi indigenous people of former Prussia, thought to be extinct since the Crusades, are making a comeback. Young European pagans are reclaiming tribal identities.
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Indigenous Cyprus
Native Cypriots have endured millennia of multiple invaders, yet retain their cultural integrity and claim to land, despite losing half their island to Turkish invaders.
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French Celts - Bretons
Indigenous Breton guestwriter speaks about loss of Bretagne's indigenous language and cultural identity.
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Luxembourg Indigenousness
The indigenous Trevisi of Luxembourg were colonised by Rome 2000 years ago. Can their culturally unique descendants be described as indigenous today?
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Russian Indigenous Kazakhs
The nomadic Kazakhs of Russia have been colonised by Slavs, Cossacks, Stalinists, and Soviets. Result - famine, fallout, and an average age of 31.
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Corsican Tribal Diaspora
In countering loss of culture and the exodus of indigenous Corsicans from their motherland, is Corsica marginalising its ethnic minority of Arab immigrants?
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Netherlands Indigenous People
The Frisians are the indigenous people of the Netherlands. They have successfully fought for the right to maintain the Frisian language, spoken there for millennia.
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Albion Indigenous Viewpoint
Celtic indigenous guest writer talks about colonial massacres of sacred animals, and British native peoples struggling to maintain contact with land and spirit.
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Adyghe, A Caucasian Tribe
The Adyghe people are one of many indigenous tribes of the Caucassus region, displaced by Russian invaders. Caucasian doesn't mean "white". Meet the real deal.
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Basque Native Rights
The Basques, the most invaded indigenous group on the planet, are fortunate enough to have gained true self-determination as a separatist state.
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Isle Of Man Natives
The Isle Of Man has been invaded by at least four different nations, but still retains its own indigenous customary rights.
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Saemieh Aboriginal Rights
Ever heard the word "Tundra"? An aboriginal language word of the Reindeer people of Scandinavia, the Indigenous Sami.
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Gaelic Indigenousness
Can Europeans reclaim their indigeneity? Gaelic Aborigine Tad Hargrave says yes, and shares some of his language and wisdom with us.
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Siberian Indigenous Recovery
Excerpt from Agrafena Sopotshina's speech, "We Live On What The Earth Carries On Itself", examining how the Khanti construct Aboriginality.
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