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The term "native" can have many different social and political connotations in different contexts. In some cases it is a neutral, descriptive term, for example, when stating that one is a native of a particular city or that a certain language is one's native language. However, in the context of colonialism—in particular, British colonialism—the term "natives", as applied to the inhabitants of colonies, assumed a disparaging and patronising sense, implying that the people concerned were incapable of taking care of themselves and in need of Europeans to administer their lives;[citation needed] therefore, these people resent the use of the term and consider it insulting, and at present English speakers usually avoid using it. This connotation has also led to controversy over the preference of the terms Native American or American Indians, though this controversy has resulted in either term being acceptable to most American Indians.[1]. And in the context of Nativism, in some periods a potent political force, "natives" are defined as a (predominantly white) group deserving of a special privileged position in comparison to immigrants.
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Other common uses
"Native" may also refer to:
- Native (processing), a concept pertaining to computer software
- Native (band), a contemporary French R&B band
- Native metal
- Native (comics), a character in the X-Men comics universe
Nationality and language
- Native language and Native speaker (as opposed to foreign language and non-Native speaker)
- Native-born citizen (as opposed to foreign born)
- Indigenous peoples, people, communities, and nations who claim a historical continuity and cultural affinity with societies endemic to their original territories
Native means living in the area where one was born whether an animal, mineral
Ecology
Computing
- In computing, software has a native mode when it is written for a specific processor (see native on Wiktionary).
- In computing, software has a native support when it is written for a specific operating system.
Other
- NATIVE (Northeast Arizona Technological Institute of Vocational Education), a joint technology school district serving the Arizona portion of the Navajo Nation
See also
- Native Speaker, a book by Pee Lee
- Native Language Music, a record label
- Indigenous (ecology), species present by nature, not introduced
- Indigenous peoples, sometimes referred to as "natives"
- Nativism (disambiguation)
References
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