Indigenous peoples of Oceania
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The indigenous peoples of Oceania are Polynesians, Melanesians, Micronesians, Papuans and Australian Aboriginals.wikipedia
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Polynesians
PolynesianPolynesian peoplePolynesian peoples
The indigenous peoples of Oceania are Polynesians, Melanesians, Micronesians, Papuans and Australian Aboriginals.
Polynesians are an ethnolinguistic group of closely related peoples who are native to Polynesia (islands in the Polynesian Triangle), an expansive region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean.






Melanesians
MelanesianMelanesian peopleMelanesian peoples
The indigenous peoples of Oceania are Polynesians, Melanesians, Micronesians, Papuans and Australian Aboriginals.
Melanesians are the predominant and indigenous inhabitants of Melanesia, in a wide area from New Guinea to as far east as the islands of Vanuatu and Fiji.







Indigenous people of New Guinea
PapauansPapuansPapuan
The indigenous peoples of Oceania are Polynesians, Melanesians, Micronesians, Papuans and Australian Aboriginals.



Chamorro people
ChamorroChamorrosGuamanian
However, various peoples have put forward claims for indigenous recognition where their islands are still under external administration; examples include the Chamorros of Guam and the Northern Marianas, and the Marshallese of the Marshall Islands and the Native Hawaiians of Hawaii.
The Chamorro people are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, politically divided between the United States territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Micronesia.






Micronesia
MicronesiansMicronesianFSM
The indigenous peoples of Oceania are Polynesians, Melanesians, Micronesians, Papuans and Australian Aboriginals.
They are most likely a blend of other Pacific peoples.









Native Hawaiians
Native HawaiianHawaiianHawaiians
However, various peoples have put forward claims for indigenous recognition where their islands are still under external administration; examples include the Chamorros of Guam and the Northern Marianas, and the Marshallese of the Marshall Islands and the Native Hawaiians of Hawaii.
Native Hawaiians (kānaka ʻōiwi, kānaka maoli and Hawaiʻi maoli) are the Aboriginal Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands or their descendants.


Māori people
MāoriMaoriNew Zealand Māori
In New Zealand, the indigenous Māori (see also Iwi) constitute nearly 15% of the total population.
The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.









Pacific Islander
Pacific Islandersother Pacific IslanderPasifika
The term "Pacific Islanders" excludes Australian Aboriginals, and may be understood to include non-indigenous populations of the Pacific Islands.

Indigenous peoples
indigenousindigenous peopleaboriginal
The indigenous peoples of Oceania are Polynesians, Melanesians, Micronesians, Papuans and Australian Aboriginals.









Oceania
South PacificPacificSouthwest Pacific
The indigenous peoples of Oceania are Polynesians, Melanesians, Micronesians, Papuans and Australian Aboriginals.









Australia
AUSAustralianCommonwealth of Australia
With the notable exceptions of Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, New Caledonia and Guam, indigenous peoples make up the majority of the populations of Oceania. The indigenous peoples of Australia are the Indigenous Australians, who account for 2.5% of the total population (2011 census figures).









New Zealand
NZLNZKiwi
In New Zealand, the indigenous Māori (see also Iwi) constitute nearly 15% of the total population. With the notable exceptions of Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, New Caledonia and Guam, indigenous peoples make up the majority of the populations of Oceania.









Hawaii
State of HawaiiHawaiʻiHI
However, various peoples have put forward claims for indigenous recognition where their islands are still under external administration; examples include the Chamorros of Guam and the Northern Marianas, and the Marshallese of the Marshall Islands and the Native Hawaiians of Hawaii. With the notable exceptions of Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, New Caledonia and Guam, indigenous peoples make up the majority of the populations of Oceania.









New Caledonia
New-CaledoniaNouvelle-CalédonieNCL
With the notable exceptions of Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, New Caledonia and Guam, indigenous peoples make up the majority of the populations of Oceania.









Guam
Territory of GuamGUGuamanian
However, various peoples have put forward claims for indigenous recognition where their islands are still under external administration; examples include the Chamorros of Guam and the Northern Marianas, and the Marshallese of the Marshall Islands and the Native Hawaiians of Hawaii. With the notable exceptions of Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, New Caledonia and Guam, indigenous peoples make up the majority of the populations of Oceania.









List of islands in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific IslandsPacific IslandPacific
The term "Pacific Islanders" excludes Australian Aboriginals, and may be understood to include non-indigenous populations of the Pacific Islands.

Pacific Ocean
PacificSouth PacificWestern Pacific
Both Australia and the islands of the Pacific Ocean were colonized in waves of migrations from Southeast Asia spanning many centuries.









Settler colonialism
settler coloniescolonizationsettler colony
European and Japanese colonial expansion brought most of the region under foreign administration, in some cases as settler colonies which displaced or marginalized the original populations.





Northern Mariana Islands
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana IslandsNorthern MarianasNorthern Marianas Islands
However, various peoples have put forward claims for indigenous recognition where their islands are still under external administration; examples include the Chamorros of Guam and the Northern Marianas, and the Marshallese of the Marshall Islands and the Native Hawaiians of Hawaii.









Marshall Islands
MarshallsRepublic of the Marshall IslandsMarshall
However, various peoples have put forward claims for indigenous recognition where their islands are still under external administration; examples include the Chamorros of Guam and the Northern Marianas, and the Marshallese of the Marshall Islands and the Native Hawaiians of Hawaii.









Iwi
tribeMāori tribeMāori tribes
In New Zealand, the indigenous Māori (see also Iwi) constitute nearly 15% of the total population.
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous AustralianAboriginalindigenous
The indigenous peoples of Australia are the Indigenous Australians, who account for 2.5% of the total population (2011 census figures).









Aboriginal Australians
AboriginalAustralian AboriginalAboriginal Australian
The indigenous peoples of Oceania are Polynesians, Melanesians, Micronesians, Papuans and Australian Aboriginals. The term 'Indigenous Australians' refers to both the Aboriginal peoples of mainland Australia and Torres Strait Islander peoples.






Torres Strait Islanders
Torres Strait IslanderTorres Strait Island people(Torres Strait Islander)
The term 'Indigenous Australians' refers to both the Aboriginal peoples of mainland Australia and Torres Strait Islander peoples.


