Aborigines -- See Indigenous peoples Here are entered works on the aboriginal inhabitants either of colonial areas or of modern states where the aboriginal peoples are not in control of the government, as well as works on the position of these peoples in society and their relations with the governing authorities. General works on the ethnological composition of specific places having indigenous populations are entered under Ethnology with local subdivision. --subdivision Government relations under ethnic groups
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Aborigines American -- See Indians Here are entered works on the aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, including Eskimos. Works on the inhabitants of India in general are entered under East Indians.For convenience, the Western Hemisphere has been divided into five basic geographical regions: North America, Mexico, Central America, West Indies and South America. Works pertaining to Indian groups located within the confines of one of these regions are entered under Indians of the pertinent region, e.g. Indians of North America; Indians of Mexico.Names of Indian linguistic families are distinguished as such (and from the names of single languages or tribes) by the termination an or ian. --headings beginning with the word Indian; and subdivision Indians under individual military services and wars, e.g. United States--Armed Forces--Indians; World War, 1939-1945--Indians
