aboriginal vs metis

aboriginal

adj
  • First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive. 

  • Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans. 

noun
  • An animal or plant native to a region. 

metis

adj
  • Of mixed heritage 

  • Of Métis heritage. 

noun
  • A person of mixed-race ancestry. 

  • A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon. 

  • Practical intelligence; street smarts. 

How often have the words aboriginal and metis occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )