aboriginal

• member of any of the peoples who lived in canada before the european settlers arrived; member of the dark-skinned people indigenous to australia
of or pertaining to aborigines; original, first, native, indigenous
an aboriginal is a member of one of the tribes which were living in australia when europeans arrived. count noun here but can also be used as an adjective. e.g. for many aboriginal people such measures don't go far enough.
aboriginal also means relating to or affecting aboriginals.
the aboriginal people or animals of a place are ones that have been there from the earliest known times or that were there before europeans arrived.