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Section sizes

Section size for Genocide of indigenous peoples (88 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	7,947	7,947
Genocide debate	1,461	13,047
Broader conceptions of genocide	9,442	9,442
United Nations' definition of Genocide	2,144	2,144
Indigenous peoples of Europe (pre-1947)	47	13,311
British colonization of Ireland	6,811	6,811
Crimean Tatars, Krymchaks, Karaites	1,385	1,385
Circassian genocide	1,777	1,777
Cultural genocide in Scandinavia	1,727	1,727
Nazi Germany	1,564	1,564
Indigenous peoples of the Americas (pre-1948)	7,069	93,246
Causes of indigenous deaths	1,843	1,843
Categorization as a genocide	7,595	7,595
Spanish colonization of the Americas	11,333	11,333
British colonization of the Americas	92	11,278
Beaver Wars	1,070	1,070
Kalinago genocide	1,830	1,830
Attempted extermination of the Pequot	4,078	4,078
Massacre of the Narragansett people	1,889	1,889
French and Indian War and Pontiac's War	2,319	2,319
Canada	16,594	16,594
Mexico	147	3,416
Apaches	1,057	1,057
Mayas	680	680
Yaquis	1,532	1,532
Argentina	3,994	3,994
Paraguay	1,591	1,591
Chile	2,762	2,762
Putumayo genocide	3,641	3,641
United States colonization of indigenous territories	5,747	21,577
Sterilization of native women	1,708	1,708
Native American boarding schools	2,952	2,952
Indian Removal	3,362	3,362
American Indian Wars	2,108	2,108
United States acquisition of California	5,700	5,700
Politics of modern Brazil	553	553
Indigenous peoples of Africa (pre-1948)	102	13,365
French colonization of Africa	38	2,042
Algeria	2,004	2,004
Congo Free State	965	965
Spanish colonization of the Canary Islands	2,970	2,970
Genocide in German South West Africa	3,026	3,026
Italian occupied Libya	4,260	4,260
Indigenous peoples of Asia (pre-1947)	44	34,261
Armenian genocide	3,717	3,717
Russian tsarist conquest of Siberia	9,093	9,093
Japanese Empire	24	11,159
Colonization of Hokkaido	4,303	4,303
Colonization of Ryukyu	5,453	5,453
Cultural genocide in Korea	1,379	1,379
Vietnamese conquest of Champa	1,382	1,382
Qing dynasty	22	3,453
Dzungar genocide	3,431	3,431
Bandanese massacre	291	291
March across Samar	2,408	2,408
Famines in British India	2,714	2,714
Indigenous peoples of Oceania (pre-1945)	47	12,346
Australia	9,251	9,251
New Zealand	2,183	2,183
Blackbirding in the Pacific Islands	865	865
Contemporary examples	9,242	79,769
Afghanistan	1,427	1,427
Bangladesh	4,767	4,767
Brazil	2,100	2,100
Canada	1,340	1,340
China	15	27,106
Tibet	2,027	2,027
Xinjiang	22,075	22,075
Inner Mongolia	2,989	2,989
Colombia	2,670	2,670
Congo (DRC)	2,324	2,324
Darfur	332	332
East Timor	3,525	3,525
Guatemala	2,978	2,978
Indonesia	2,628	2,628
Myanmar/Burma	3,479	3,479
Palestine	3,613	3,613
Paraguay	1,634	1,634
Peru	1,086	1,086
Sri Lanka	5,176	5,176
Tigray	777	777
Yazidi genocide in Iraq	3,565	3,565
See also	183	183
Notes	26	26
References	17	32,802
Citations	31	31
Sources	32,754	32,754
Further reading	4,859	4,859
Total	305,162	305,162

This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

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Not moved, 30 October 2023, to Genocide of indigenous peoples, see discussion.
Moved, 25 May 2024, to Genocide of indigenous peoples, see discussion.