Emu In The Sky Analysis

Aboriginal Sky culture existed before the European colonization, but why is this not common knowledge in current Australia? The Emu Sky Knowledge of the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi Peoples focuses on how the Emu in the Sky has been playing an important role in the cultural context in many different parts of Aboriginal Australia. It tells the readers that Aboriginal Sky culture is not merely an entertainment and description of an object in the sky, but that these cultural stories are part of an oral transmission of knowledge and law (Fuller et al., p.1). The Emu in the Sky also has different positions from season to season, which is linked to cultural matters (Fuller et al., p.5).
In high school, I was only taught from the Western historical perspectives of astronomy. I remember that an ancient Greek astronomer created the first star catalogue in 300 B.C., while Islamic astronomers in the medieval age were the first to invent instruments for measuring the star positions. It is interesting that the Europeans did not see any common animals that they knew. This may come from
They took away their land, home, and family. The “White Australian Policy” is rooted in the oppression, which is the belief that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are inferior to white people. Calling someone an “Aborigine” brings back the years of racial discrimination such that one will be assumed by others to believe that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are inferior to Caucasians. At least Australia in the 21 Century pretends to believe that everybody is equal, however, the meanings of the words “Aborigine,” “Abo,” or “Blackfellas” go against this belief. I believe that racism is prevalent in our current world, and that using the appropriate terms is important because it is about recognizing the impact of the names (Carlson et al., 2014,