Coyote,
How would you differentiate between resident and indigenous? And why do you think that differentiation might matter?
I don't actually think it matters. I think "resident" is as important if not more, than "indiginous". It's very difficult to define and determine who is "indiginous" because there is almost always someone there before and each succeeding wave of immigrants or invaders alters culture/language/religion of the current inhabitents.
The indiginous people of Georgia are Cherokees. They were conquered by the Europeans and displaced.
And I would fully support their right to self-determination and sovereignty on their ancestral territory.
But how do you do that without displacing people and then causing a Redneck/Redskin war?