indigenous

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native to a region or environment.

• (related: indigene /ˈɪndɪdʒiːn/ n — rare)

• indigenous people
• indigenous culture
• indigenous species
• indigenous population
• indigenous language

1. 1.The conference centred on the rights of indigenous peoples and the preservation of their languages. (native peoples)
2. 2.The koala is indigenous to Australia and is found nowhere else in the wild. (native species)

• native/ˈneɪtɪv/— belonging to a place by birth or origin
• aboriginal/ˌæbəˈrɪdʒɪnl/— inhabiting a land from the earliest times
• endemic/ɛnˈdɛmɪk/— native and restricted to a place — often for species

from Latin "indigena" (native) — indu- (within, an old form of in-) + gignere (to beget) — born within