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are not guaranteed special of lenient treatments based on who they are, but whether the offenses involved the indigenous communities. As the knowledge to why indigenous people are frequently engaged in the Criminal Justice System increases, the Australian government attempts to recognize indigeneity in the sentencing process. This attempt is achieved via the formation of indigenous sentencing courts such as the Circle Courts and the Nunga…

Rights and Freedoms of Indigenous Australians: 1948- It is stated on the Youth for Human Rights webpage After the Second World War, wife of Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, led a committee of people to write up a special document that stated the basic human rights that everyone in the world should have. This Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the general assembly of the United Nations (UN) on the 10th of December, 1948 according to the Australian Human Rights Commission.…

Summary of “Beyond Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Oil” David Parkinson illustrates the evolution of Canadian trade through the article “Beyond Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Oil”. A time before Canada was its own independent country, the Europeans took use and advantage of all the natural resources, riches, wealth and spoils of the land. Without a doubt Canada has widely advanced itself as an independent country due to the resources the country has to offer with its large land fruitful land. The…

The connection of the events depicted in Blood Meridian aligns with the treatment of indigenous peoples in the Western Hemisphere since 1492 and since 1607. It is predicted that there is an estimate of 370 million indigenous people spread out across 70 countries in the world. Among these indigenous peoples, many have special traditions in which they retain social, cultural, economic, and political characteristics that are distinct from those of the much larger and uprising societies in which…

droplets in the historic ocean that constitutes our Australian identity. Ladies and gentlemen, I personally greet you all today for our most inimitable ceremony, the Australian Film Festival, celebrating Australia’s diverse culture through media. To open this year’s event, two films have been selected: Bran Nue Dae – directed by Rachel Perkins – a hilarious musical conceptualising the racist attitudes that were previously present in Australia, and Australian Rules – directed by Paul Goldman – a…

The Harvester Judgment is inherently rooted within the context of what the Australian people owe the government and vice versa. In a more specific sense, it is concerned with minimum wage laws and equal pay. However, the broader issue at large must be considered. While I am not (yet) employed, and seemingly have no need for minimum wage, the point still stands that I am a citizen of Australia. This means that I have an obligation to my country, while my country also has an obligation to me. The…

Patagonia’s Pom Beanie “To do things differently, we need to perceive things differently”. In other words, to change the path that we are on, we must first understand where we are headed. For the world to live the way Canadian’s do, we would require 4.7 Earths to sustain the resources. This statistic displays the dramatic need for a shift in the thinking of the use of our resources. To accomplish this, we need to not only change our thinking, we need to change the way we design. Through…

For over a hundred years, Indigenous people have endured injustices and segregation in Canada’s Health Care system. In the book Medicine Unbundled, author Gary Geddes brings awareness to a shocking national story unfamiliar to many non Indigenous Canadians. The book includes heartbreaking interviews of Elders and their nightmares of unimaginable abuse and racism committed against Indigenous people in segregated hospitals and residential schools across Canada. In a country that prides itself on…

The Freedom Ride was a bus tour that occurred in February of 1965, visiting regional towns in New South Wales (Informit EduTV, 2015) with the intention of drawing attention to the inequalities faced by Indigenous Australians. The Freedom Ride was organised by a group of 34 students from the University of Sydney, under the name of ‘Student Action For Aborigines’ (SAFA) and was led by one of the two Indigenous students in the group; Charles Perkins (Galligan & Roberts, 2007). These students were…

life for members of the Aboriginal population remains to be a struggle in a subtle but present manner. Indigenous Australians faced difficulties from greater economic hardships caused by poverty and unemployment to social stigma and discrimination, which is a huge contrast in comparison to their Caucasian counterparts. Moreover, the story highlights the problems of many Australian War Veterans who suffer from alcoholism, depression and ailments after their time of duty which made life for them…