Indigenous language

Mexican indigenous groups no longer practice shamanistic rituals, but many contemporary uses of masks continue to incorporate shamanistic elements. (Cordry, 141). Masks are still used and valued today, but in a different way. The cultural shifts that have affected the uses and meanings of masks the most, are the advancements in technology and the way of life. Mask-making is a disappearing art that…

What would your challenges be in doing this? Is it fair to suggest Indigenous people do this? Why? If I was asked to return to living the way my great-grandparents did I would immediately so no. A lot of technological and medical advancements have been made since that time and I would be unable to benefit from these. I would…

Land is a major aspect of aboriginal culture and traditions. It is part of your kanyini, which means connectedness. In aboriginal culture you need to be connected to the land. If you lose part of your kanyini you lose part of yourself so if you are disconnected from your land it has a big toll on you spirituality and connectedness. Many aboriginal people were and are separated from their land for various reasons including: Mining, lack of resources, the stolen generation, farming, redevelopment…

complexities of providing culturally competent Aboriginal health, physiotherapy and rehabilitation care within the Australian primary health care system. Non-Indigenous health care professionals cannot truly understand the true complexity of the past impacts of colonialism, the political process and the community’s prejudice effects on the Indigenous health status. This report intends to inspire health care professionals to understand the development of cultural competency standards by health…

If globalisation brings people who are socially problematic and politically traumatic from vast populations, with different language cultures, identities, religious beliefs, outlooks, lifestyle and everyday practice to a new country (Pakulski and Markowski 4) then the idea of nationalism and being attached to only one nation needs to also be re-evaluated, due to the expansion…

in Australia. Australian culture is comprised of persons from a diversity of cultural, indigenous, dialectal and spiritual upbringings. Many Australians are settlers or the children of settlers. The most frequently vocalized dialect in Australia is English, and the most frequently exercised religion is Christianity, even though foreign dialects and other beliefs are also shared. However, their lively language, accent and jargon can take a great deal of getting accustomed to. The original…

become a symbol of hope for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islanders. Australia in modern day society are somewhat optimistic for the future of the relationship between both races. Attitudes to Indigenous lives and lifestyles, interactions and attitudes to personal involvement and cultural awareness and pride determines the quality of this relationship. The 2008 apology to the Stolen Generation was generally well received by the broader community, as well as Indigenous Australians, with the…

indigeneity, and greater community involvement is required. Further, Marchetti and Downie (2014) note that ‘success’ is difficult to determine as there can be various measures, and only looking to reduce overrepresentation is one-sided. Rather, indigenous communities will additionally need to be empowered as without community participation in all factions of the process, it is unlikely that any initiative will be accepted or successful. These will need to be supplemented with post-sentencing…

land. They drove out the indigenous people and occupied their land. As it commonly happens with imperialist desires to the colonies, occupying, erasing and assimilating indigenous people’s nationality also took place in Australia. The Aborigines Act of 1905 authorized the removal of the indigenous children, and they were removed from their families and communities then placed in white Australian’s society. With an excuse of civilizing, baptizing, or protecting indigenous…

Watch argued Australian TV is made up of ‘a sea of white’, yet when scrolling through a Foxtel (2016), channel guide that contains over 20 channels made up of news, documentaries or food programs from differing cultural backgrounds and a dedicated indigenous Australian media channel, the cultural landscape is decisively different. On a global scale Australian television may not be a major player and micro-view of such media, like that of the ABCs, would indicate that because too many Anglo…