According to the Working definition of the term "Indigenous Peoples" by the United Nations Special Rapporteur Mr. Martínez Cobo (primarily applicable to the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, Australia and the Pacific); “Indigenous communities or peoples are those, having a historical and chronological permanence in a nation or state from pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies which is developed a sense of deep attachment with the territories and considered themselves distinct from the other sectors of societies.