being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"
The term "Aboriginal" is appropriate when referring to matters that affect First Nations (Indian) and Métis peoples The word is most appropriately used as an adjective (e g , Aboriginal person)
{i} member of any of the peoples who lived in Canada before the European settlers arrived; member of the dark-skinned people indigenous to Australia
a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
refers to those people who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group, that is, North American Indian, Metis, or Inuit
having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"