List of Indigenous peoples
Definition. Indigenous communities, peoples and nations are those which, having a historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories, and may consider themselves distinct from other sectors of the societies now prevailing on those territories, or parts of them. They form at present non-dominant sectors of society and are determined to preserve, develop and transmit to future generations their ancestral territories, and their ethnic identity, as the basis of their continued existence as peoples, in accordance with their own cultural patterns, social institutions and legal system. This historical continuity  may consist of the continuation, for an extended period reaching into the present of one or more of the following factors: Eurasia. Asia. Siberia (North Asia). Over 40 distinct peoples, each with their own language and culture in the Asiatic part of Russia (Siberia/North Asia). Americas. Americas is the supercontinent comprising North and South America, and associated islands. List of peoples by geographical and ethnolinguistic grouping: North America. North America includes all of the continent and islands east of the Bering Strait and north of the Isthmus of Panama; it includes Greenland, Canada, United States, Mexico, Central American and  Caribbean countries. However a distinction can be made between a broader North America and a narrower Northern America and Middle America due to ethnic and cultural characteristics. West Indies. The West Indies, or the Caribbean, generally includes the island chains of the Caribbean Sea. South America. South America generally includes all of the continent and islands south of the Isthmus of Panama. Oceania. Oceania includes most islands of the Pacific Ocean, New Guinea, New Zealand and the continent of Australia. List of peoples by geographical and ethnolinguistic grouping: Australia. Indigenous Australians include Aboriginal Australians on the mainland and Tiwi Islands  as well as Torres Strait Islander peoples from the Torres Strait Islands. Melanesia. Melanesia generally includes New Guinea and other (far-)western Pacific islands from the Arafura Sea out to Fiji. The region is mostly inhabited by the Melanesian peoples. Micronesia. Micronesia generally includes the various small island chains of the western and central Pacific. The region is mostly inhabited by the Micronesian peoples. Polynesia. Polynesia includes New Zealand and the islands of Oceania, and has various Indigenous populations. Circumpolar. Circumpolar peoples is an umbrella term for the various Indigenous peoples of the Arctic. List of peoples by ethnolinguistic grouping: List