inheemse

Dutch

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Adjective

inheemse

1. inflection of inheems:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Noun

inheemse m or f (plural inheemsen)

1. (Suriname) an Amerindian Surinamese person
   • 2022 February 21, Ivan Cairo, “Harde aanklacht inheemsen over uitblijven collectieve rechten [Amerindians strongly condemn lack of collective rights]”, in De Ware Tijd‎^[1], retrieved 25 March 2022:

     Van alle bevolkingsgroepen in Suriname leven de inheemsen het meest in onzekerheid over hun voortbestaan omdat hun collectieve grondenrechten nog steeds niet bij wet zijn vastgelegd.

     Of all the ethnic groups in Suriname, the Amerindians live in the greatest uncertainty about their survival because their collective land rights have still not been enshrined in law.

2. (Suriname, uncommon elsewhere) a member of an ethnic group indigenous to a region or country subsequently colonised by Europeans; Native American, Amerindian, Indian, First Nations, Aboriginal person
   • 2021 July 16, Frank Kuin, “‘Gebeurde dit met kinderen in naam van God? Eerder in naam van Satan’ ['Was this done to children in the name of God? More like in the name of Satan']”, in NRC Handelsblad‎^[2], retrieved 25 March 2022:

     De katholieke kerk schiet tekort in haar reactie op de kwestie van de kindergraven, vindt Rennie Nahanee, diaken bij de St. Paul’s Indian Church, een imposante houten kerk op een reservaat van de Squamish Nation in Noord-Vancouver. „De bisschoppen zeggen telkens ‘we willen aan jullie zijde staan’ en ‘een dialoog aangaan’ met inheemsen, maar ik weet niet wat dat betekent”, zegt hij. „Ik geloof dat er nog steeds racisme en intolerantie is binnen de katholieke kerk tegen inheemse mensen.”

     The Catholic Church is falling short in its response to the issue of children's graves, says Rennie Nahanee, a deacon at St. Paul's Indian Church, an imposing wooden church on a Squamish Nation reservation in North Vancouver. "The bishops keep saying 'we want to be on your side' and 'to engage in dialogue' with First Nations people, but I don't know what that is supposed to mean," he says. "I believe there is still racism and intolerance within the Catholic Church against First Nations people."

Synonyms

• indiaan