The indigenous peoples of Europe are those peoples identified as indigenous peoples, as per the modern global interpretation of that term. The term indigenous peoples has no universal, standard or fixed definition. ...

Europe's present-day indigenous populations are relatively few, mainly confined to northern and far-eastern reaches of this Eurasian peninsula. Whilst there are numerous ethnic minorities distributed within European countries, few of these still maintain traditional subsistence cultures and are recognized as indigenous peoples, per se. Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... African-Eurasian aspect of Earth Eurasia is the landmass composed of the continents of Europe and Asia. ... This article is about the concept of a minority. ...

A Sami family in northern Scandinavia around 1900

Notable indigenous populations include the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, the Nenets and other Samoyedic peoples of the northern Russian Federation, and the Komi peoples of the western Urals. Download high resolution version (993x730, 226 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (993x730, 226 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Sami flag The Sami people (also Sámi, Saami, Lapps and Laplanders) are an indigenous people of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia, covering a total area in the Nordic countries corresponding to the size of Sweden. ... Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula. ... The Nenets people (Russian name: Ненцы - Nentsy (plural)) are an indigenous people in Russia. ... Geographical distribution of Samoyedic, Finnic, Ugric and Yukaghir languages The Samoyedic languages are spoken on both sides of the Ural mountains, in northernmost Eurasia, by perhaps 30,000 speakers altogether. ... Komi-Zyrians live in Komi Republic, Murmansk Oblast, Khantia-Mansia autonomous district, and Yamalia autonomous district of Russia. ... Map of Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains (Russian: Уральские горы = Урал) also known simply as the Urals and as the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity, is a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. ...

In reality, virtually the entire White population of Europe is indigenous, in the sense of being 'native' to Europe. An example would be that the Scots are the indigenous people of Scotland, the Italians of Italy, and so on. Subsequently, only recent immigrants of non-European ethnicity or descent should be placed outside of the category, in spite of modern politicised interpretations of how 'indigenous' ought to be defined.

See also

• Northern indigenous peoples of Russia