Torres Strait Islander Cultures

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The most common contemporary impact of other Cultures on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures is people having a lack of knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their culture, or their backgrounds. Being familiar with their behaviours, their history and their connection and relationships between people, their land and their culture is important in order to better communicate and work with and/or alongside them. It is important to acknowledge that Indigenous people and culture are diverse and there is no single people and culture.
Indigenous people have been through a lot such as having families torn apart with the removal of their children, having their land and identity taken from them and dealing

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