The Tent Embassy was erected on the 26th January 1972 on the lawn in front of what is now known as the Old Parliament House. Four Aboriginal people from Sydney travelled to Canberra and erected a beach umbrella, increased support soon followed as more Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians arrived with tents to lend their support. This essay will detail the effect of the Tent Embassy establishment in Canberra in 1972 and what impact this has on the Indigenous Australian people. An analysis will be completed of this event and what impact it had at the time it occurred and what impact it continues to have today. A further exploration will be had on why educators today need to be educated on Indigenous historical events and practices and how
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Then an analysis of how the Tent Embassy has contributed to deeper understandings regarding teaching and learning with Indigenous cultures. The reasoning for erecting the Tent Embassy was the then McMahon’s government policy of ‘diluted assimilation’ as expressed in his speech the day before. The government’s desire was to contain Aboriginal people outside of metropolitan areas but also away from pastoral and mining industries (Pieris, 2012). The following month the Tent Embassy presented a list of demands to the Federal Government regards land rights and legal title and the preservation of all sacred sites. All these requests were rejected. The Tent Embassy has continued in many variations, twenty years later it returned to the same site and has continued to exist since this time. This site was called an embassy because the founders who setup the site stated because they had no rights in their own land felt they were aliens in their own land. As aliens, they would need an embassy of their own (Korff, …show more content…
A thorough understanding of the past injustices that have occurred since colonisation, by understanding this can a true appreciation be had of what challenges have been faced by Indigenous Australians in the past and presently. Obtaining an awareness of the key events that have occurred can assist in providing an understanding of the journey that has been followed and how we come to see the key themes of disadvantage. An anti-bias curriculum must be developed when educators are teaching this subject, teachers can easily and inadvertently convey or reinforce negative attitudes and provide incorrect information about Aboriginal peoples by using inappropriate terms, it is important educators learn what is acceptable terminology (Craven, 2011). Educators should also embrace a whole-school approach for confronting racism rather than a classroom to classroom approach. The promotion of cultural diversity and individual difference can increase students’ self-concepts whilst developing respect and understanding for all people. By placing a value and acknowledging mutual respect for all individuals, avoidance of racial stereotyping begins, it also enables racist comments and misconceptions to be replaced with factual information (Craven, 2011). By providing educators with greater understandings based on fact and truth empowers
Then an analysis of how the Tent Embassy has contributed to deeper understandings regarding teaching and learning with Indigenous cultures. The reasoning for erecting the Tent Embassy was the then McMahon’s government policy of ‘diluted assimilation’ as expressed in his speech the day before. The government’s desire was to contain Aboriginal people outside of metropolitan areas but also away from pastoral and mining industries (Pieris, 2012). The following month the Tent Embassy presented a list of demands to the Federal Government regards land rights and legal title and the preservation of all sacred sites. All these requests were rejected. The Tent Embassy has continued in many variations, twenty years later it returned to the same site and has continued to exist since this time. This site was called an embassy because the founders who setup the site stated because they had no rights in their own land felt they were aliens in their own land. As aliens, they would need an embassy of their own (Korff, …show more content…
A thorough understanding of the past injustices that have occurred since colonisation, by understanding this can a true appreciation be had of what challenges have been faced by Indigenous Australians in the past and presently. Obtaining an awareness of the key events that have occurred can assist in providing an understanding of the journey that has been followed and how we come to see the key themes of disadvantage. An anti-bias curriculum must be developed when educators are teaching this subject, teachers can easily and inadvertently convey or reinforce negative attitudes and provide incorrect information about Aboriginal peoples by using inappropriate terms, it is important educators learn what is acceptable terminology (Craven, 2011). Educators should also embrace a whole-school approach for confronting racism rather than a classroom to classroom approach. The promotion of cultural diversity and individual difference can increase students’ self-concepts whilst developing respect and understanding for all people. By placing a value and acknowledging mutual respect for all individuals, avoidance of racial stereotyping begins, it also enables racist comments and misconceptions to be replaced with factual information (Craven, 2011). By providing educators with greater understandings based on fact and truth empowers