Indiginous People

also known as first peoples, aboriginal peoples or native peoples, are ethnic groups who are the original settlers of a given region, in contrast to groups that have settled, occupied or colonized the area more recently

Women filling goatskins with water from a well. Tomb of Mir Wais Baba (Mir Wais Hotak), Kandahar, Afghanistan
Elderly Uzbeki man in traditional Uzbeki clothing chatting to a friend, Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Asia
Women vegetable sellers, Kolhoznaya covered bazaar, Samarkand, Uzbekistan (1)
Women vegetable sellers, Kolhoznaya covered bazaar, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Woman fruit seller, Kolhoznaya covered bazaar, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Women shopping at stall of spice seller, Kolhoznaya covered bazaar, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Firozkohi nomad child climbing onto a calf, Ahangoran, near Chaqcharan, central Afghanistan, Asia
Firozkohi nomad children, Ahangoran, near Chaqcharan, central Afghanistan, Asia
Young wife on a horse being led across the Hari Rud river by her husband and his father, Minaret of Jam, central Afghanistan, Asia
Children at a village east of Qual-I-Naw, central Afghanistan, Asia
Young mother in the Grand Market, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa
Old Lama spinning prayer wheel at Lamayuru Monastery, Ladakh, India, Asia. Must spin it clockwise when seen from the top.
Old Lama spinning prayer wheel at Lamayuru Monastery, (gompa), Ladakh, India, Asia. Must spin it clockwise when seen from the top.
Street cobbler, young mother and baby, with last, Udaipur (Mewar), Rajasthan, India, Asia
Boy of the Bajau tribe (Muslim), 'Icebox' Water Village, Tawau, Sabah. Borneo, Malaysia.
Boy and girl of the Bajau tribe (Muslim), 'Icebox' Water Village, Tawau, Sabah. Borneo, Malaysia.
Children playing chess in the Mompilis Longhouse, Rungus Tribe, Kadazan People, near Kudat, Sabah. Borneo, Malaysia.
Traditional brass bracelets on womens forearms in the Mompilis Longhouse, Rungus Tribe, Kadazan People, near Kudat, Sabah. Borneo, Malaysia.
Young children in the Mompilis Longhouse, Rungus Tribe, Kadazan People, near Kudat, Sabah. Borneo, Malaysia.
Traditional heavy brass bracelets on womens forearms in the Mompilis Longhouse, Rungus Tribe, Kadazan People, near Kudat, Sabah. Borneo, Malaysia.
Woman of Rungus tribe, collecting firewood and chewing Betel Nut, Mompilis Longhouse, Rungus Tribe, Kadazan People, near Kudat, Sabah. Borneo, Malaysia.
Kalash tribal woman wearing beads and ornate outer headdress decorated with beads, cowrie shells, pom poms and bright metal parts such as watch straps. Birrir valley, Kafiristan, near Chitral, Pakistan
Iban tribal elders with ornate tattoos Skrang Longhouse of Runan Bansing Nanga Murat, Skrang River. Iban Tribe (Headhunters). Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo.
Mompilis Longhouse. Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. Kadazan people, Rungus Tribe