<P> In the 2009 science fiction film Avatar , director James Cameron conceived a fictional universe in which humans seek to mine unobtanium on the fictional exoplanetary moon , Pandora . The Earth - like moon is inhabited by a sapient indigenous humanoid species called the Na'vi , and varied fauna and flora . Resources Development Administration ( RDA ) scientists , administrators , recruits , support , and security personnel travel to Pandora in the 22nd century to discover this lush world , which is inhabited by many lifeforms including the human - like Na'vi . The clan with which the humans have contact in the film `` ( lives ) in a giant tree that sits on a vast store of a mineral called unobtanium , which humans want as an energy supply . '' </P>
<P> In the 2009 science fiction film Avatar , director James Cameron conceived a fictional universe in which humans seek to mine unobtanium on the fictional exoplanetary moon , Pandora . The Earth - like moon is inhabited by a sapient indigenous humanoid species called the Na'vi , and varied fauna and flora . Resources Development Administration ( RDA ) scientists , administrators , recruits , support , and security personnel travel to Pandora in the 22nd century to discover this lush world , which is inhabited by many lifeforms including the human - like Na'vi . The clan with which the humans have contact in the film `` ( lives ) in a giant tree that sits on a vast store of a mineral called unobtanium , which humans want as an energy supply . '' </P>
what is the indigenous species of pandora called in the film avatar
what is the indigenous species of pandora called in the film avatar
the Na'vi
the Na'vi