Chagossian (also Îlois or Chagos Islanders) Peoples are the traditional indigenous inhabitants of the Chagos Islands.
After being deported from their homeland by the British government in the late 1960s and early 1970s, most Chagossians today live in Mauritius and the United Kingdom.
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