Original sentence: Generally described as an ancient Greek people, they emerged from a north Aegean and central Balkan cultural zone characterized by a progressive fusion of Greek and non-Greek elements from the 6th century BC.The Macedonians (, Makedónes) were an ancient tribe inhabiting the alluvial plain around the rivers Haliacmon and lower Axius in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula
Edited sentence: Generally described as a native tribe, they emerged from a north Aegean and central Balkan cultural zone characterized by a progressive fusion of macedonian and non-macedonian elements from the 6th century BC.The Macedonians (, Makedónes) were an ancient tribe inhabiting the alluvial plain around the rivers Haliacmon and lower Axius in the northeastern part of the macedonian peninsula