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| Subjective criteria | Objective criteria |
| Indigenous peoples | Self-identification as belonging to an indigenous people | Descent from populations who inhabited the country or geographical region at the time of conquest, colonization or establishment of present State boundaries. They retain some or all of their own social, economic, cultural and political institutions, irrespective of their legal status. |
| Tribal peoples | Self-identification as belonging to a tribal people. | Their social, cultural and economic conditions distinguish them from other sections of the national community. Their status is regulated wholly or partially by their own customs or traditions or by special laws or regulations. |
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