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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Native reserve

Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English vol.
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Native reserve  (NATIVE reserve)


A population may be settled 1, sedentary 1, or nomadic 2, i.e., migrating back and forth within a given area and without fixed abode. Nomads who are in the process of becoming settled are called semi-nomadic 3. Occasionally primitive peoples may have a territory allocated exclusively to themselves called a native reserve 4 or reservation 4.

  • 2. Nomadic, adj.- nomad, n.

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