Land: Consequences Of Aboriginal Culture And Traditions

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Land is a major aspect of aboriginal culture and traditions. It is part of your kanyini, which means connectedness. In aboriginal culture you need to be connected to the land. If you lose part of your kanyini you lose part of yourself so if you are disconnected from your land it has a big toll on you spirituality and connectedness. Many aboriginal people were and are separated from their land for various reasons including: Mining, lack of resources, the stolen generation, farming, redevelopment etc.

There are many Consequences of aboriginal people losing their land like the loss of the aboriginal culture which is the oldest culture dating back 40,000 years. Also the loss of Traditions like ceremonies, the loss of sacred areas and the loss

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