Concept in Definition ABC

That which is original to the place where you live

It is said that something or someone is aboriginal when it comes and is originally from the place where they live, then, in addition to refer to a person who belongs to an aboriginal tribe, the term may also refer to an animal or a plant.

Original inhabitant of a territory

In the case that the word refers to an individual, popularly, people use it to account for the primitive and original inhabitant of a territory, whereas, as such, it will differ not only in origin but also in terms of uses and traditions with those who subsequently settled in the region in question.

So, the word aboriginal is used more frequently as a synonym for the term indigenous; In its strictest and most specific sense, the indigenous person will be that person who belongs to a certain ethnic group that holds and preserves its own traditional non-European culture. Almost all aborigines or indigenous people are part of a tradition organizational long before the birth of the Modern State.

The American aborigines, for example, are known as Indians, a name that resulted after the confusion with which the Spanish colonizers arrived in America; because it is worth remembering that in reality when Admiral Christopher Columbus arrived in America and discovered the new continent, he believed that he had reached India, which was the objective of his trip. Later, the misunderstanding was resolved, however, the name was extended and for this reason it is still used in that sense today.

The most relevant aborigines of America

America began to be populated about twenty-five thousand years ago and the settlers came from Asia and Oceania. The constant waves made the populations move until the entire continent was inhabited.
Very different cultures coexisted in the American continent and there were aboriginal peoples that showed a splendor and a fantastic advance in almost all levels of life, economic, political, social, cultural, artistic, among others.
Mayas, Incas and Aztecs, without a doubt, were the most prominent native peoples.

An almost obligatory issue that almost all the aborigines or indigenous people of planet earth have suffered is that they had to give in to the new culture that came to their territories, either by assimilation, violence, submission or by a combination of all these aspects.

A very long history of violence and abuse

Precisely the colonization of America, is one of the events that is most associated with mistreatment and violence against native peoples because it is necessary to emphasize that these native peoples received the settlers in peace but on their part they found nothing but deception and evil deals. Many conquerors reduced the aborigines to slavery and dedicated them to the performance of forced labor. This whole situation was denounced repeatedly, however, its eradication cost a lot and of course it took many lives along the way.
Even the institution of the encomienda, so widespread in America after the discovery and that it implied that a group of individuals rewarded another with work, the enjoyment of a good or some benefit obtained, was used by many settlers as a form of slavery evening.

In addition and closely related to the aforementioned, the aborigines are the representatives of a culture that was savagely discriminated against and persecuted by Europeans, even beyond the Spanish conquest of America. With their rights curtailed and forced to put aside their traditions, the aborigines spent many centuries in the background. These days there is a conscience that he promotes a different state of affairs and that he advocates the recognition of their rights and permanence on their lands with his habits. A sample of the progress that has been made in this sense in almost the entire world is that a Bolivian aborigine, Evo Morales, has become the president of his country, something unthinkable decades ago and that obviously we indicates the overcoming there has been in this sense.

The tragedy of the Qom in Argentina

Now, having mentioned these conquests and advances, we must also say that not all aboriginal communities today live a panacea, far from it. We only have to look at the Qom ethnic group in Argentina to know that this is not the case and that there is still a lot of discrimination towards the aborigines.
In the 16th century, approximately, the Qom settled in the north of Argentina, occupying the current provinces of Chaco, Salta, Santiago del Estero and Formosa. The apathy of the governments of these places condemned them to live miserably in their original areas and to fight today for a few hectares that the government Formoseño has taken them away and does not want to recognize them as his own.
They have spent months camping and gathering support on Buenos Aires 9 de Julio avenue, waiting for the authorities to give them a solution to their difficult situation.

Different studies indicate that there are currently 350 million aborigines in the world and although many Communities assimilated several of the customs of Western culture, others maintain their characteristics original. There are approximately 5,000 peoples that maintain their linguistic and cultural particularities.