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Urfolk

An indigenous people (urfolk) is a people that lived in an area before the present state was formed and that has special rights under international law. It means the indigenous people have ties to an area that reach further back than the state that exists there today. The rights under international law aim, among other things, to protect culture, language and the ability to continue living as a people.

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