Alaska Natives

Land rights are still bitterly contested, passionately fought over and, irrefutably, close to the hearts of thousands of Aboriginal people all over Australia. Land rights and the Land Councils, never far from controversy, are, once again in the political spotlight. While the critics change, their arguments have basically remained unchanged for nearly two decades. Land rights, one of the few positive outcomes to emerge for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory in the past 40 years, has…

recognised when he was selected as an Australian of the Year on January 26th 1993 by the Australian newspaper. According to Access and Justice 12e “All the Judges except Justice Dawson agreed that there was a concept of native title at common law. The nature and content of native law was determined by the character of the connection or occupation under traditional laws or customs.” The decision of the High Court was in favour of Eddie Mabo. The decision was purely based on the fact that the…

military location (San Juan Jr 72). The government even imprisoned Hawaii’s own Queen Liliuokalani in her palace while they took over (San Juan 75). With tourism sparking the main economy, the overdevelopment replaced the Native Hawaiians local way of life, suppressing the Native Hawaiian language, culture, and their spirituality (McGregor 250). After World War II the island of Kaho’olawe was taken over for live firing exercises and combat training for the marines (Kaho’olawe Island Reserve…

determination of native title rights and dealings on native title land” (Korff, 2015). Interests and rights they had in the land and water of Australia were now recognised by the High court (Korff, 2015). “The benefits of the native title act allowed indigenous people with evidence of ownership proving that the land belongs to them and they belong to the land” (Korff, 2015). They are also allowed access to traditional land so they can hunt and have cultural ceremonies, which without a native…

is understandable; she and Jack worked hard to establish a new method of language learning for Northwestern students. The club, Campus Language Connection, is the McCarter’s second foray into creating a language organization. This new group joins native speakers of a language with those who hope to learn that language. CLC aims to help students not only become competent in a foreign language, but to build a unique community of students that appreciate cultures in a way that cannot normal…

Their English is the most proficient out of all the other ELL learners that I have encountered. Having lived in the United States for the past two years I assumed that they had enough times to practice their English to almost the same level as a native speaker. I learned English since I was 2 as my father spoke it to me and I had a British tutor. I started picking up American English when I was seven when I attended school here. Young Learners tend to pick up language faster and more efficiently…

My grandparents grew up in Hawaii and they moved to America in 1938. I remember them telling me that they met in Hawaii and that Hawaii will always be their home. Whenever I go to Mimi (grandma) and Yaya’s (grandpa) house Mimi would show me pictures about the way she lived and Yaya loves telling me stories about how their people lived in Hawaii. Did you know the volcano was made in 1762 and didn’t erupt until 1874. Mimi told me that my father was born in Hawaii but he only lived there for 6…

interpret my own cultural identity would be the coconut delicacy known as Haupia. Not only for its elegant perplexion, but for the soft clouded stature that belongs to this alien creature, which taste is only permitted to the fortunate few occupying the native islands of Hawaii. Another perplex root in the tree of my culture is Lei-making. The breathtaking row of an aligned set of flowers to form the Lei is one of the prime connections to the base of the hawaiian culture by contributing to the…

Hence, the Native Title Act created the national native title tribunal to distinguish land rights claims. Furthermore, in December 1996 there was another claim in high court regarding the land rights of indigenous people. With the appeal of Wik and Thayore peoples of cape work, the high court decided the native title can co-exist with pastoral leases. Henceforth, indigenous people have the right to practise their…

Tutorial no. 4 Critical literature Review – Digital Natives "The arrival and rapid dissemination of digital technology in the last decade of the 20th century has changed the way students think and process information” (Prensky 1).This notion is at the heart of what has become the ‘digital native debate’ – i.e. should education systems be changed in order to accommodate a new generation of technologically savvy learners? The term ‘digital native’ itself refers to those who were born or raised…