Amrit Gill Reflection #6 This week we have spent some time considering Aboriginal Education. How has your thinking about your role in reconciliation as a teacher developed since you entered PDP? What PDP goals do Aboriginal Principles of Learning and Aboriginal content address? What excites you about this challenge? What struggles are you having? What are your next steps? After the visit to the Aboriginal center I feel empowered and like I would be able to "authentically‚ transparently
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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 Aboriginal culture is complex and diverse. The Indigenous cultures of Australia are the oldest living cultural history in the world – they go back at least 50‚000 years. Cultural heritage is seen as ’the total ways of living built up by a group of human beings‚ which is passed from one generation to the next’‚ given to them by reason of their birth. In Australia‚ Indigenous communities keep their cultural heritage alive by passing their knowledge‚ arts‚ rituals and performances from one generation
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Aboriginal is an Australian culture that includes various practices and ceremonies which are centered on dreamtime belief. The culture is characterized by the reverence for land and oral traditions. The views are considered to be based on both the ancient time of the creation and the present days of reality. Resultantly‚ there are many different groups each with their individual culture and language which have evolved over time. For instance‚ the rainbow serpent is the main ancestral being for
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take many aboriginal and Torres Strait children away from their families in an attempt to destroy the Aboriginal race and culture. There was an impact on the aboriginals with a particular policy the Australian Government had introduced‚ which was the policy of ‘Assimilation’. This policy was to encourage many Aboriginal people to give up their culture‚ language‚ tradition‚ knowledge and spirituality to basically become white Australians. Unfortunately this policy didn’t give the Aboriginals the same
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boulders and on the walls of rock shelters and caves. There is evidence that Aborigines were painting on rock over 30 000 years ago. Aboriginal Australians drew about daily life‚ hunting and spirits. Images that are usually found in rock art are hands or arms‚ animal tracks‚ boomerangs‚ spear throwers‚ and other tools such as stone axes. There are three main styles of Aboriginal rock art. The first is the style of engraved geometric figures. It consists of engraved
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-RITUAL IN INDIGENOUS SPIRITUALITY- Aboriginal Australians have been living in Australia for over 50‚000 years. Aboriginal Australians have many important parts of their culture that have been passed on and lost during thousands of years of history. From the dream time and ancestral spirits‚ conservation of sacred lands‚ initiation‚ birthing‚ smoking and burial ceremonies. Practical and Ritual‚ Experiential and Emotional‚ Narrative‚ Doctrinal and Philosophical‚ Ethical and Legal‚ Social and Institutional
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The Impact of Domestic Violence on the Aboriginal Community Domestic violence in Aboriginal communities is a cause for concern relating directly to Aboriginal women’s health and safety. According to Kubik‚ Bourassa‚ and Hampton (2009)‚ “in Canada‚ Aboriginal women have faced destruction in their communities and families as a result of multiple forms of oppression. Aboriginal women experience the highest rates of violence and abuse of any population in Canada” (p.29). Domestic violence is defined
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concentrate on the definition of Family Violence and how it affects Aboriginal children and the issues impacting upon family violence in Aboriginal communities. I will look at government policies affecting family violence in Aboriginal communities and possible suggestions for reducing the burden on Out of Home Care agencies and providers for Aboriginal children. I have used the term Family Violence as opposed to domestic violence in Aboriginal communities because of the importance of kinship‚ family connections
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is an underlying principle expressed throughout Aboriginal societies. Outline and illustrate the importance of this fundamental concept in the economic‚ social‚ spiritual and political spheres of Aboriginal life. Introduction Reciprocity is a fundamental and inflexible feature of Aboriginal societies of Australia. The importance of the reciprocity and sharing concepts are shown in the economic‚ social‚ spiritual and political spheres of Aboriginal life. This paper will first briefing discuss about
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