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In the 1900s thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were dispossessed and put into missions. The act of dispossession is to forcibly remove an Indigenous person from their land, this is what happened to these children, but not only were they removed from their land, but also their families. This was extremely harmful to the children as although they gained a higher education than many other Indigenous people they missed out on learning about their cultural heritage, which is…

The treatment of Australia’s Indigenous community is horrific. Indigenous Australians lived on this land for thousands of years before the white European settlers came and took their land along with their lives. Since the settlers arrived they have been treated like animals, lesser beings to the white European settlers and their descendants. The treatment of Australia’s Indigenous population has improved since the settlers but is nowhere near where it should be. They are forced to live with…

“…[C]hewing tobacco, red pepper, soap, molasses, and red ink…” were the main ingredients in the whiskey that early fur traders introduced to Aboriginal individuals with whom they were doing business with (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [CBC], 2001, para. 5). Unfortunately, this horrendous concoction proved to be highly addictive, placing the Aboriginals who consumed it at significant risk for exploitation, and subsequently addiction. Further, events such as forced assimilation through…

Indigenous Australians are significantly disadvantaged in modern Australian society. It exists because white Australian public believe that Australia is a post-racial society and claim to be anti-discrimination while ignoring increased incarceration rates, deaths in custody, and lasting effects from political wrongs committed against indigenous Australians. The sociological imagination is a concept used to see how situations in society occur and play out based on how people differ in terms of…

what many regard as the true beginning of Australian national identity, WW1. Fighting for mates became a justification for fighting a war that perhaps didn’t have any impact on their lives…

Since I began studying the Hadza group it opened up my mind to so many things. I have seen indigenous tribes on television showing us how they live their lives. The things I envy most about them is how freely they live. Free from the responsibilities that we worry about on a daily basis like responsibilities, bills, work, money, I mean the list is endless. They live their lives with no apologies and I admire them for that purpose. Some may agree the way they live their life is like one camping…

The first source is a quotation from Prime Minister John A. Macdonald, regarding the Aboriginal peoples and their tribal system. The source states, “The Canadian Government will do away with the tribal system, and assimilate the Indian people in all respect with the inhabitants of the Dominion.” This source presents the idea that the relationship between the Aboriginals and the Federal government in Canada at the time was very harmful and demonstrated a lack of respect towards the First Nations.…

Elders’ Teachings in the Twenty-first Century: A Personal Reflection-Summary For centuries, Indigenous knowledge has been passed down by means of oral communication. Several economical and political forces have inconvenienced the traditional practices of Indigenous people. In the article Elders’ Teachings in the Twenty-first Century: A Personal Reflection by Marlene Brant Castellano she explains these oral teachings and who instructs them, how these teachings are interpreted and applied to…

Aboriginal people from white people. No Sugar is a play written by Jack Davis and is about the Millimurra family’s stand against government ‘protection’ in Australia during the 1930’s. This play portrays the inequality between aboriginals and white Australians. Davis displays inequality and racism through language conventions such as emotive language, figurative language and imagery. The Help is a film directed by Taite Taylor and is about a young writer, Skeeter, who interviews African-American…

Indigenous Australian Youth Introduction (100 words) Although the ongoing efforts to close the inequality gap between Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australians, statistics show that Indigenous Australian youth still face significant disadvantages. This report will discuss the disadvantages Indigenous youth face in education and the criminal justice system by using up-to-date statistics to illustrate this. Additionally, this report will link these disadvantages with unit concepts to…