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Dreams is one from a series of Thompson's works titled We Bury Our Own in which he created in response to the Australian colonial archive collection held by the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England. The museum holds a collection of ethnographic photographs of Indigenous Australians made during Australia’s early colonial period. Thompson’s research coincided with a project initiated by the Australian Research Council to research and…

AVATAR brings to view many different belief philosophies and customs which have also been observed within the Aboriginal and Jain spiritualities. Practices of beliefs such as animism by the na'vi and use of elders are aspects which are very much prevalent in the Aboriginal spirituality. The na’vi mindset of avoiding all unnecessary violence and general life conduct also follow closely to the jain beliefs of ahimsa and the Five Principles of Jainism. These parallels between the na’vi belief…

The United Nations defined the term genocide in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which was released in 1948. The statement said that: Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring…

The Second World War started a new beginning for childcare in Canada. What is known today as the Day Nursery Act wasn’t without trial and tribulation, nor was it first known as the Day Nursery Act. The Dominion-Provincial War Time Agreement was the first agreement that was made available in 50% cost sharing to the provinces to support child care programs for children whose mothers were working in essential wartime industries (Child Care Canada, 2011). Only two provinces saw the advantage of…

Impact of Restorative Justice on Disadvantaged Populations In the Canadian criminal justice system, justice is equated with fair and deserving punishment for deviant individuals (Griffiths, 2011). However, this does not necessarily happen to be the case for Aboriginal people who are drastically over-represented in all aspects of the system. In fact, the Supreme Court of Canada called the over-representation of Aboriginal people as a “crisis in the Canadian criminal justice system” (Rudin &…

Indian act philosophy encourage aboriginal people to live their Indian status and culture and to become member of Canadian society (Makarenko, 2008, p.8). The term Indian refers to the men with the Indian blood, child of such person, women who was married to such person (Makarenko, 2008, p.10). It also broader the enfranchisement system, in which “aboriginal lose their Indian status and gain full citizenship” (Makarenko, 2008, p.10). Women who married to non-aboriginal men is also a part of…

The poem I have chosen today to recite is call 'No More Boomerang' by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, better known as deceased aboriginal activist, Kath Walker. Oodgeroo Noonuccal wasn't just an activist she was also an artist, educator and a campaigner for Aboriginal rights. The poem “No More Boomerang” describes the lifestyle changes that the aboriginal people experienced during the settlement of Australia. The poem is about the fact the indigenous people have had to change their lifestyle because of…

Aboriginal peoples have a prolonged history which includes spiritual and cultural traditions. Most of which were taken away upon the arrival of European settlers. Many of the issues that the Europeans brought on are still influential today. The forced introduction of European cultures and values and the dispossession of aboriginal lands caused a period of spiritual, social, and physical destruction. The aboriginal peoples have been discriminated and have been segregated from others due to coming…

R. v. Sparrow is the most famous case in Canadian history, it helped to set up the foundations for future cases involving Aboriginal fishing rights. In the court Sparrow was charged with “fishing with net longer than permitted by band's Indian food, fishing licence - Indian right to fish for food constituting existing aboriginal rights protected by s. 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 ” (1990 CarswellBC 105), the government forced aboriginals to start getting fishing licenses. This was…

The Noongar can be said to be one of the oldest tribes settled on Australian soil. They occupied major Perth area in Western Australia. Swan river and surrounding forests provided an excellent area to stay. It provided food and livelihood to the people of tribe. Noongar people believed in family system and settled with families with the community being the larger family. Noongar people greatly respected the land they settled on and it can be seen by their culture and traditions involving many…