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    Australian Aboriginal

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    They have lived there for about 35‚000 to 70‚000 years. Their skin and hair are both dark. There are about 500 recorded tribes. Aboriginal tribes didn ’t usually stay in one place for long‚ moving to watering places and setting up camp there. Aborigines lived in family groups and clans. Each clan has a place on their land where their spirits return when they die. They have to protect

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    is an affective colonialism on aboriginal women in Canada. The histories of colonization have forced aboriginal women out of their community and family support. The violence of cultural assault or physical brutality of residential schools. It is essential to make efforts towards ending of violence against aboriginal women in Canada. The aboriginal people have grown up in poverty. Many aboriginal women run in to racism and they may shut out of labor markets. Aboriginal women turn to drug trade and sex

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    which encompass Canada have been strained due to the hitherto existence of the Indian Residential School system. Following the passage of the Indian Act in 1876‚ the first residential schools were established across Canada; with many being placed under the direction of several Christian churches that received funding from the Canadian government’s agency of Indian Affairs. The objective of the residential school system was to assimilate indigenous children into Canadian society through the forced adoption

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    Housing and living conditions can indirectly or directly impact on health (Butler-Jones‚ 2008). Although housing conditions for Aboriginal peoples have improved in the past decade‚ according to the 2006 census‚ Aboriginal are four times more likely than non-Aboriginal people to live in overcrowded‚ and three times as likely to live in a dwelling in need of major repairs (Statistics Canada‚ 2008). Inadequate housing can lead to health problems‚ such as respiratory diseases‚ allergies‚ and mental –health

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    the residential school affect Canada’s First Nations people? In Canadian history‚ there are a lot of interesting events happened in the past. Some of them are events that are proudly presented such as Battle of Vimy Ridge‚ Canadian peace keeper and others. On the other hand‚ there are also a lot of tragedy events that happened in the past. Indian Act is one of an important act which occurred in 1876 and it led to establishment of Indian residential school‚ and the Indian residential school is a

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    Aboriginal Culture

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    The Aboriginal Culture. The Indigenous aboriginal people are one of a kind they mostly reside in Australia both the mainland and the island Tasmania. The Aboriginals were indigenous to the continent and has resided there since the late 1700’s. There are over 400 different tribes within the Aboriginal culture and they all have different dialects‚ and languages. Communication amongst the Aboriginal people is much different they use terms such as full blood or half caste meaning not of the same

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    Aboriginal Reconciliation

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    There have been many initiatives and processes in support of the Aboriginal Spirituality and its approach to Reconciliation. The most predominant tradition through its campaigns and movements in asserting the Aboriginals is the Christian religious tradition. This can be seen through the ongoing support‚ the ACC‚ the media‚ protests and the formal apology for the abuse through the missionaries. This is highly effective as it recognises the wrongfulness and asserts the positivity in the process of

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    Aboriginal Education

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    wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders. Another on going issue as a result of European settlement is racism. Due to past discriminatory policies and legislation‚ Aboriginal people have been denied access and participation in education‚ access to information‚ training and employment and health‚ resulting in grief and substance abuse. It is important in a childhood education and care service to take into account these historical/contemporary issues and the culture of the Aboriginal/Torres

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    Aboriginal Dispossession

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    Methodist mission in the Northern Territory. When the mission lease expired‚ the Federal Government changed it to a special purpose lease that could be taken away for mining‚ but no Aboriginal people were consulted. When the Methodist missionaries Edgar and Ann Wells arrived at Yirrkala‚ they learnt that the Aboriginal people were very disturbed and anxious that the mining would violate their sacred sites but despite the feelings of the Aborigines‚ the Prime Minister‚ Robert Menzies‚ announced that

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    Aboriginal people are the natives of Canada; the people who lived here before anyone else settled. Therefore‚ when new settlers arrived they sometimes had to fight to get what belonged to them. This has not changed today. After the 1980s‚ Aboriginal people have only been somewhat successful in having their issues such as self-government‚ social conditions‚ land claims‚ and residential schools addressed. Self-government is one of the issues that the First Nations have been moderately successful

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