1The aboriginal communities in Australia have a rich cultural heritage that predates European settlement by thousands of years.
2There is a growing recognition of the historical injustices perpetrated against aboriginal peoples in Canada, including forced relocation and cultural suppression.
3The New Zealand government has established a number of initiatives aimed at preserving the language and cultural traditions of its aboriginal Maori population.
4Archaeological evidence suggests that aboriginal peoples have been present in the Americas for at least 15,000 years, and possibly much longer.
5The concept of terra nullius, which held that aboriginal lands were uninhabited and therefore open to European settlement, has been widely discredited as a racist and colonialist fiction.