“It is estimated that there are more than 370 million indigenous people spread across 70 countries worldwide. Practicing unique traditions, they retain social, cultural, economic and political characteristics that are distinct from those of the dominant societies in which they live.”1

Please note the UN acknowledges the diversity of indigenous peoples and as such has no official definition of "indigenous”. For the purpose of this survey, your beliefs and understandings of who the indigenous peoples are in your teaching context are of importance.

1. United Nations. (2006). Fact sheet on the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (5th session). United Nations Economic and Social Affairs. https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/5session_factsheet1.pdf