Indigenous peoples of Africa

fearing racist confrontation. Although this may sound like a dystopia, this is reality for the Indigenous Women of Canada. Sadly, these women are forced live in constant fear, knowing that any goodbye could potentially be their last. Indigenous women have been the subject of various kidnappings and murders for a very long time now, and the government has done next to nothing to improve the situation. People are even going so far as to say that there is not much more that could be done to help…

distinguished if there are not characteristics that make them different from surrounding peoples. Once again the works of Lemkin through the drafting of the UNGC illustrate this point. He emphasized that physical and cultural existence are one in the same insofar as an ‘attack on a group’s physical existence is also an attack on it’s cultural existence, and vice versa.’ Cultures shape the worldview people hold, the view and understanding of human rights, the reasons for protecting human…

peripheries are likely to be "hotbeds" of social and cultural change. For example, there is an argument that the expansion of capitalism has increased social and cultural diversity in peripheral regions because of the unique and creative responses of indigenous peoples to their economic and political condition. If one follows evolutionary principles that the intensity of selection increases with variability, such conditions also imply a jump in the rate of social and cultural evolution. The…

Fordham (2013) argues that “Brand Nue Dae” is part of this new wave of “reconciliatory cinema” which aims to project a more optimistic resolution were Indigenous communities can themselves resolve their own concerns. The political issues within the film are intertwined in an often subtle as well abstract manner, through the use of complex characters searching for their identities and dealing with ongoing…

Cultural Identity Growing up, I learned that my family and I come from various cultures and backgrounds, which I thought was extremely unique. I concluded that my culture was unique because it was different from my friends that I grew up with because we were all different ethnicities. My race that I identity with is Caucasian and my ethnicities that I identity with are Swiss, Italian, German, and Native American. I grew up in Soledad, California, which is mainly populated by Hispanics so I knew…

In the readings we have done in this class, I have learned about the traditions of ingenious people. The tradition that sticks out to me is that the Elders become the spiritual leaders of the community. Every person within the community looks to the Elders for advice, for culture, for wisdom. In this paper I will argue that Elders can help both aboriginal youth and others in a similar way, Elders have a way of bringing and keeping knowledge within communities. I think Elders could help by…

importance of Indigenous research paradigms and gaining culturally sensitive knowledge for the purpose of social work. In order for Indigenous communities to thrive in modern society (instead of being pressured to conform to European standards), it is crucial that people respect their way of looking at the world. From a social work perspective, it is important to understand the culture which one aims to help. Using a European method of healing is not useful in the context of Indigenous social…

proposal, I will seek to emphasize community strengths. Lastly, the study utilized focus groups. In contrast, I will be utilizing sharing circles in my proposal. While similar, one distinct difference is that sharing circles have sacred meaning within Indigenous culture and may result in the growth and change of individual participants. Thus, this study was missing an important cultural element in the…

Noble eco-savage: indigenous people naturally good at being conservationists. The term is an addition to “noble savage” which is the concept of indigenous, or the “other”, who has not been corrupted by civilization. Both terms can symbolize humanity’s innate goodness. The terms can also romanticize native cultures and portray civilized cultures as the big bad. Perhaps the best film example of the noble eco-savage is Avatar. The native people on Pandora are named the Na’vi and have a distinct…

In addition to the education inequality, social network effects and unfavourable socioeconomic status in indigenous communities, such like a large proportion of people who are living under poor housing conditions, lack of material resources, education inequities, are the underlying factors of disappointing achievements on educational…