indigenousBelonging to a particular place unlike invaders or settlers
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Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native
colonialismPolicy of controlling and occupying other lands
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The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically
mythStory or tale generally accepted as not true
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A widely held but false belief or idea
stereotypeSet idea that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same
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A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
assimilationProcess by which people acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group
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The process of understanding information, ideas, or culture, and fully integrating them into one's own mind and culture