Indigenous language

The ultimate goal of colonization was to assimilate and integrate Indigenous people into Canadian society. As a result, there wouldn’t be any Aboriginal culture left in Canada. Acts such as the British North American Act was set out to break their culture and identity apart. 1 This process of colonization has not only affected the Indigenous people of Canada, but also Canada as a whole. Therefore, Canadians are working together to fix these problems by reconciliation. The reconciliation efforts…

For generations Indigenous peoples have passed their knowledge on through oral traditions . This includes storytelling to teach about cultural beliefs, values, customs, rituals, history and ways of life. The text “Aboriginal Oral Traditions” centers on this knowledge. In the introduction, Hulan and Eigenbrod succinctly explain oral history in the following way: “Oral traditions form the foundation of Aboriginal societies, connecting speaker and listener in communal experience and uniting past…

treat them appropriately. In Australia, there are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who are the First Australians (Wilson, Magarey, Jone, & Mackean, 2016). They often have strong connections to family, belief and community. While elder Indigenous people can be portrayed differently in different local communities, for example, higher status and knowledge (Wilson et al., 2016). Effective communication skills are essential to deliver care to these patients (Shahid, Finn & Thompson,…

The child removals had an adverse affect on both the indigenous…

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…

• The Indigenous culture of Australia is the oldest living cultural history in the world, going back at least 50,000 years.1 • At the time of European settlement, Aboriginals were semi-nomadic hunters and gatherers living off the land. Each clan belonged to a specific territory boarded by rivers, lakes and mountains. For Indigenous Australians, their relationship to the land is a vital aspect of their spirituality and culture1. • Much of the cultural identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait…

background you think of the stereotypical lifestyle consisting of the sun, waves and mates. However for those of Indigenous background mass genocide and the beginning of the end for your culture is what is thought of on this day. To display this stark contrast I have selected two poems by Australian poets which offer different opinions on the same day and what effect it has on White and Indigenous Australians. My first poem, Australia Day by Mick Colliss, who is a stereotypical Aussie, he loves…

Stage 1 English – Intertextuality unit Indigenous people of Australia, the original custodians of the land expressed their culture, even after the British settlement. Mockery of their beliefs only reinforced who the people were and the purpose they held in Australia. New generations, however, began to speak out on behalf of their people, in order to ignite thinking and to right the wrongs in the only possible way they could. The Australian anthem was written by Peter Dodds McCormick, for many,…

Australian values, making it accessible to a broader audience, breaking down the binary between the indigenous and non-indigenous. Davis’ use of humour is conspicuous throughout the play, offering a sense of alleviation of hardship as the women exhibit strength against the calamity of life, set within the backdrop of the desolate Australian society. The idea of humour is credible through particular indigenous characters, namely through Milly and Gran. Humour is depicted through ‘You don’t want…

home to 11 Indigenous language families with over 60 unique dialects spoken, all of which are considered to be critically endangered. According to the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Aboriginal language families in Canada “are among the most endangered in the world” (as cited in “Language and culture”). In Canada, the establishment of residential schools began in the 1870s to “Christianize and civilize” Aboriginal children (Canada, Indigenous and…