Sentence examples for indigenous nobles from inspiring English sources
The post-war Duchy of Courland and Semigallia south of the Düna (Daugava) river experienced a period of political stability based on the 1561 Treaty of Vilnius, later modified by the 1617 Formula regiminis and Statuta Curlandiæ, which granted indigenous nobles additional rights at the duke's expense.
Some indigenous elites such as the Xajil Kaqchikel noble family did manage to maintain a level of status into the colonial period.
On the Charlie Rose talk show, Cameron acknowledged parallels with idea of the "noble savage", but argued: "When indigenous populations who are at a bow and arrow level are met with technological superior forces, [if] somebody doesn't help them, they lose.
"As indigenous people, we see ourselves as absolute owners of this noble land and the territory," he said.
They have, for example, influenced attitudes towards indigenous people, whose relationship with nature revives longstanding notions of the "noble savage" that in recent years have encouraged multilateral agencies to see them as a crucial resource in the sustainable development agenda.
Commentators have debated whether the film's treatment of the human aggression against the native Na'vi is a message of support for indigenous peoples today, or is, instead, a tired retelling of the racist myth of the noble savage.
WHERE are bluebonnets indigenous?
This is indigenous to us.
Treatments draw on indigenous ingredients.
