Indigenous Australian languages

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…

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…

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…

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 many of the indigenous men committing offences…

Canada’s fastest growing, discriminated race, unhappy with what they call home In CBC’s 8th Fire series; many aboriginals address the commonly known stereotypes and difficulties that they have been facing for a long period of time. It rises many mixed emotions for viewers but Canada is turning into a very diverse country and everyone is given equal opportunities if they strive for them. Long ago Aboriginals were given parcels of land called reserves for them specifically to live on. Under…

There were several roles that Aboriginal people of the 19th century had fulfilled that directly contributed to the colonial development of Australia; some of these roles included domestic servitude, guides and Law enforcement officers. During the period of 1804 – 1822, Newcastle had been an open air prison where countless prisoners had attempted to escape. The Aboriginal tribe that inhabited this area had been extraordinary participants in the recapturing of the escapees (Lecture 5, Slide 6).…

and powerful orators in Australia. He is a popular defender for Aboriginal rights, especially Aboriginal land. He has changed the approach to welfare, child abuse, child protection, education and economic development. In 2007, together with the Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough, he launched a new welfare scheme for the Aboriginal people at Hope Vale. This scheme offers funds to help the Aboriginal community for home improvements, and low interest loans for home ownership (Cape…

people, known as Indigenous people of Australia. Different factors responsible for chronic illnesses in Indigenous population will be explained and how nurses can help in conquering the gap between Indigenous and non Indigenous population in relation to health. Emphasis will be on how ethnocentric human nature can affect health adversely. It will also discuss how sexual health is neglected in Indigenous population and how by good communication skills nurses can make Indigenous patients talk…

Northern Territory’s Police Administration Amendment Act 2014 has sparked controversy among members of public and a variety of organizations including Amnesty International and North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency. It amends the Police Administration Act by giving Northern Territory police new powers to detain someone for four hours (or longer if they are intoxicated) if they reasonably believe the person has committed, or is about to commit, an ‘infringement notice offence’ . The new…

the goal of assimilation. The general public was not accepting of Indigenous people in their society and Indigenous people, even children, were resistant to abandoning their culture. While removals stopped by the early 1970s, it was not until the 1980s that policy changes were made and there was a reappraisal on how to handle both issues of assimilation and child welfare (Sorry Day and The Stolen Generations, 2015). The report further detailed instances of abuse post-removal. Many boys were…