indigeneity

American  

[in-dij-uh-nay-uh-tee] / ˌɪnˌdɪdʒ əˈneɪ ə ti /

noun

plural

indigeneities

1. Usually, Indigeneity. the fact of belonging to an Indigenous people or relating to an Indigenous culture.

2. the fact or quality of being indigenous or native to a specified region.

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Other Word Forms

• anti-indigeneity noun

Example Sentences

Gibson ponders Indigeneity, belonging, modern music and a more equitable future across the exhibit’s paintings, sculptures, flags and video installation.

From Los Angeles Times

She said she chose to specialize in Indigeneity in the Latina community after being drawn to powerful Chicana activists, whose stories and struggles inspired her first book, “¡Chicana Power!”

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Pretendians may also be committing academic dishonesty if their claims of Indigeneity serve as passports for access to sacred ceremonies, or intimate stories offered by trusting community members who believe the researcher shares their Native American experiences and understandings, Bauerle and others said.

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Marking his art fair debut at Frieze, the Brooklyn-based artist examines Indigeneity and the treatment of immigrants with “I.C.E. Scream,” a series of acrylic ice-cream-shaped sculptures.

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Los Four, Ramirez says, “are pulling from a lot more heritage and cultural practices. I’m thinking about the mixed media that they use, found objects, the quoting of cultural heritage, some of the Indigeneity. They’re responding to much of the visual politics, visual rhetoric from the farmworkers’ movement, as well as the Vietnam protests.”

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