how many people identify as indigenous?
More than 370 million
Is the indigenous australians the oldest living culture?
yes the australian indigenous people is the oldest continious culture
what happened when the european colonization began in 1788?
it caused huge harm to the indigenous peoples communitys
how many different countrys around the world has indigenous people?
70 countrys
how many different indigenous nations were there before the europeans arrived in 1788?
more than 250 different nations with each nation having several clans
What had the population dropped to by the 1900?
it had dropped all the way from 750.000 to 93.000
how many different groups do they belong to?
5.000 different groups around the world
who is the "torres strait islander" people?
They are indigenous people from islands between queensland and papua new guinea.
why did many people die?
settlers forced them off their land,
violence occurred, and deadly diseases like smallpox, measles, and tuberculosis spread
how many indigenous people were there in 2011?
669.000