Research Paper: Aboriginal issues Elisse Ostrovsky Multicultural countries such as Canada are designed with good intentions; uniting people of different cultures and giving refugees a safe place to live. Unfortunately this system creates inequality‚ often resulting with acts of discrimination within a society.
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Aboriginal Culture Australian Aboriginal culture includes a number of practices and ceremonies centered on a belief in the Dreamtime. Reverence for the land and oral traditions are emphasised. Language groupings and tribal divisions exhibit a range of individual cultures. Australian Aboriginal art has existed for thousands of years and ranges from ancient rock art to modern watercolour landscapes. Aboriginal music has developed a number of unique instruments. Contemporary Australian aboriginal
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Healing: Aboriginals Overcoming the Hardships and Barriers Aboriginal peoples have had to endure many tragedies throughout history‚ which has affected them emotionally and mentally. It is no wonder that this group of people are amongst the highest suicide rates in Canada (Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples‚ 1995). This is a look at those tragedies and how it is tied in with suicide‚ also mechanisms used by Aboriginals to start the healing process. Definition of Suicide amongst Aboriginals Suicide
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Aboriginal Joking The arrival of European settlers in the late eighteenth century marked the beginning of Aboriginal persecution for over a century. Residential schools‚ pressure to assimilate into a Eurocentric society‚ negative ethnic stereotypes‚ and the loss of land‚ culture‚ and family members are just some of the atrocities that were endured by the First Nations people. Now‚ almost three centuries later‚ many Aboriginal people are able to address these past injustices with humour.
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Thousands of years ago‚ Australian Aboriginal people were living in accordance with their dreamtime beliefs- today‚ a majority of the Aboriginal community profess allegiance to Christianity‚ and only 3% still adhere to traditional beliefs. These beliefs have provided the Aboriginal people with guidance and perspective on all aspects of life. There were many variants to these beliefs and practises throughout the many Aboriginal tribal areas‚ but all Aboriginal people have developed an intimate relationship
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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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In Kiss of The Fur Queen by Tomson Highway and Lightfinder by Aaron Paquette‚ storytelling by elders to a younger generation is shown to be a significant part of Indigenous culture and life. In both these novels storytelling portrays the lack of knowledge the younger generation have of their history‚ and how in some instances it can be an outcome of western influence. In Kiss of the Fur Queen‚ the Okimasis brothers Jeremiah and Gabriel are misinformed of the history of their village‚ and Aisling
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The Aboriginal people were the first Australians and Owners of the land. As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were traditionally gatherers and hunters‚ they had a very strong relationship with the land. They are also deeply spiritual‚ value community life strongly and revere their ancestors. Therefore‚ elders were usually the decision makers. Different tribes used to move around searching for food and water‚ but always respected the land and resources it provided. They have sacred
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within the Indigenous community today. Aboriginal women‚ the center of this victimization face abusive relationships and households on an every day basis. According to “Racism‚ Sexism‚ and Colonialism: The Impact on the Health of Aboriginal Women in Canada” eight out of ten Aboriginal women reported victimization by physical‚ sexual‚ psychological‚ or ritual abuse (Bourassa‚ McNabb & Hampton‚ 2005). This rate is twice as high as that reported by non-Aboriginal women (Bourassa‚ McNabb & Hampton‚ 2005)
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Aboriginals Change’s in the 20th century Australian government policy‚ and how these changes have affected the rights and freedoms of Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people had been exploited‚ treated unfairly and oppressed by people in their own nation‚ this took place during world war 2 and continued for many more year’s. Aborigines struggled to gain there right’s and to be treated as an equal‚ just like white Australian’s. White Australian’s believed they had greater natural abilities
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