Australian Aborigines

Our Populations project on Aboriginal children in foster care in Alberta has been very eye-opening, I went into it not knowing much about the subject. Which developed into a very interesting topic. I am very glad I took the chance to search something I had no knowledge in, it made a great learning experience. Although there are many failures and negative things involving this aspect of the First Nations children, there is an also a good amount of strengths in this field. One of the biggest…

interdependent to one another. One way Aboriginal Australians have been marginalised and influenced is the forced assimilation into white culture. This is shown in how they must follow white laws and politics, have had to relocate and have had their land and culture stolen from them. The way this affects teenagers is enormous as they haven’t been able to experience their traditional culture the way they deserve to. In addition the Indigenous Australian Aboriginal language has changed…

It’s no secret the Canadian government have been negligent towards the first nation community for the past 150 years. They have been inattentive to issues such as education (residential school), health care, economy, social justice (missing and murdered indigenous woman) and most of all the water crisis. The United Nations have declared access to clean drinking water a basic human right. Did you know Two-thirds of all First Nation communities in Canada have been under at least one drinking water…

several reasons, this includes: (1) my lack of knowledge; (2) I am an immigrant; (3) my early education was from the Philippines; (4) the early information I have for Indigenous Australians is based on what I have been told by my sister and her white Australian husband; (5) my own prejudice and bias towards Indigenous Australians. Firstly, my lack of knowledge contributed greatly with how I reacted when I found about the ‘Stolen Generation’. The truth is I never imagine that British settlers…

The suicide rate in indigenous communities is 1.5 higher compared to the entire USA population. Statistics show native males take their own life more than non-indigenous males of 19 years two to eighteen times greater (ibid). Two-spirit aboriginals have a greater risk of taking their own life than non-native, non-heterosexual individuals. Alcohol and illicit drug use, addiction and death is most prevalent amongst indigenous people as well, along with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases…

Good morning/afternoon fellow Australian Journalist, Rabbit Proof Fence by Phillip Noyce is an adventurous, dramatic, and historical film, which, display the stolen generation and issues with Aboriginals. It tells the story of three aboriginal girls who are forcibly taken from their families and travel to find their way home. Rabbit Proof Fence represents the racial discrimination of the stolen generation through characterization and the connection to their country through setting.…

After residential school were closed it left a lot of trauma within the Indigenous community, many students who attended residential school suffered later years with alcohol and drug abuse. These students would later go on to have families of their own and bring in their past trauma and passed it through generations. This cause many indigenous family to break in half and lead to single parent household. Alcohol became many of the young Indigenous men and women coping mechanism which lead to…

As many contemporary Aboriginal writers have shown the realm of Aboriginal heritage and culture is one of great depth. In beginning to understand and interpret experiences related to this context, the theme of loss of Aboriginal identity and self-discovery is evident. Joseph Boyden has a clear understanding of Frist Nation’s history with attending an Aboriginal Student Program. Boyden explores self-discovery which the protagonist represent in Through Black Spruce, which was named winter of the…

Inspired by a young girl’s journey between two cultures, choreographer Stephen Page alongside the Bangarra Dance Theatre Company has recreated the story of Mathinna and effectively demonstrated how British settlers removed Aboriginal people from their home land and intervened in their cultural practices (Task Sheet 2015). This modern adaptation by Bangarra focuses on the themes of cultural environmental and social disruptions as British Settlers enforced western systems and values onto the…

Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock named after Sir Henry Ayers is a huge sandstone rock formation in the Northern Territory of Central Australia. Uluru is the most iconic landform in Australia and was formed over 500 million years ago. This single massive rock stands 348m tall with most of its 863m bulk lying under the sea. Uluru is a famous tourist destination allowing visitors to climb and camp around the base while allowing the view of breathtaking sunrise and sunset over the big rock. Uluru…