Indigenous peoples of Africa

well as Australian fashion. Television is one of the major indicators of Americanisation in Australia. It is an influential tool that shows how American culture works and operates, and affects the cultural mindset of the Australian people. In Australia, the amount of American shows to Australian shows is very huge. This is in…

myths, cultural motifs s and curandera customs like the gathering and use of medicinal herbs to show the readers how indigenous cultural traditions can influence people. Bless Me, Ultima is about the spiritual transformation of a young boy confused by the societal and cultural changes that took place during World War II. The novel succeeds in making people sensitive towards people…

minority that are quite often forgotten. Like with many countries over the globe, Australia has an Indigenous race, made up of those people who were there long before settlement. Misunderstood and misrepresented this race has been often ignored, however the last decade has seen these people and their lifestyles come out of the shadows and perfectly exhibited, in Australian film. Beginning in 2001, non indigenous director Steven Johnson released the culture conflicting film, Yolngu…

Australia was established as a colony of Britain, the conflict between Indigenous people and white people had started. The British tried to displace Aboriginal people from their land. They made lots of policies to get rid of Aboriginal people and tried to assimilate Aboriginal people into ‘white’ society. In 1991, the process of reconciliation formally began and this process has been continuing till now. Although the Indigenous Australians suffered under the Australian government in the past,…

Christian missionaries replaced the warring with the game of cricket. The Trobriand people began modifying the game to incorporate some of their war practices. So now they allowed for numerous more people to play but they had to fit the traditional war formations. The dancing and chanting was also an adaption from their warring traditions. Of particular interest is that the games have political undertones. With people using them as a symbol of their wealth and importance since they…

into missions. The act of dispossession is to forcibly remove an Indigenous person from their land, this is what happened to these children, but not only were they removed from their land, but also their families. This was extremely harmful to the children as although they gained a higher education than many other Indigenous people they missed out on learning about their cultural heritage, which is a fundamental part of Indigenous identity. Claire Henty-Gebert’s social and cultural identities…

The treatment of Australia’s Indigenous community is horrific. Indigenous Australians lived on this land for thousands of years before the white European settlers came and took their land along with their lives. Since the settlers arrived they have been treated like animals, lesser beings to the white European settlers and their descendants. The treatment of Australia’s Indigenous population has improved since the settlers but is nowhere near where it should be. They are forced to live with…

Indigenous Australians are significantly disadvantaged in modern Australian society. It exists because white Australian public believe that Australia is a post-racial society and claim to be anti-discrimination while ignoring increased incarceration rates, deaths in custody, and lasting effects from political wrongs committed against indigenous Australians. The sociological imagination is a concept used to see how situations in society occur and play out based on how people differ in terms of…

Indigenous peoples have been resisting against the colonial drawn borders in both parts of the world. This resistance is seen physically on reserves as well as in legal battle against the powerful federal, states and corporate nexus in North America. While the…

Elders’ Teachings in the Twenty-first Century: A Personal Reflection-Summary For centuries, Indigenous knowledge has been passed down by means of oral communication. Several economical and political forces have inconvenienced the traditional practices of Indigenous people. In the article Elders’ Teachings in the Twenty-first Century: A Personal Reflection by Marlene Brant Castellano she explains these oral teachings and who instructs them, how these teachings are interpreted and applied to…