“Colony” and " Came from somewhere else" are not synonymous. And Ashkenazi Jews came to Europe from the Middle East; the only people who deny this are Khazar Hypothesis antisemites.
Of who?
Of who?
The definition of a term is indeed semantics, as in, pertaining to the philosophical study of meaning in language.
The East India Company had a government charter and monopoly on all trade east of the Cape of Good Hope; the Congo Free State was owned by the King of Belgium. They were both clearly and obviously appadenges of their colonial government.
What do any of these things have to do with indigenousness? Do you think indigenousness is about vibes? Aesthetic?