Indigenous peoples of Oceania

Standard Australian English is not a first language for Indigenous students and in fact the most common language spoken by Aboriginal Australians is Aboriginal English (AE). Why do we need Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and how can teachers assist students to attain the essential language to break down barriers to a mainstream world? Aboriginal English is derived from Aboriginal languages with…

Europeans conceived of difference. Rather than the use of sex characteristics, which had previously been the defining marker of distinction, “the cultural-physiognomic variations between the dominant expanding European civilization and the non-Western peoples that, encountering, it would now stigmatize as ‘natives’,” (Wynter, 1990, p. 358) took precedence. Wynter’s theorization parallels that of many Black scholars, particularly Afro-Pessimists, who argue that identity markers - like gender –…

thesis: The struggle over the Dakota Access Pipeline emphasizes a longstanding history of colonialism and demonstrates threats to environmental justice. Struggles to overcome colonialism and exploitation characterize the history of many indigenous populations, such as the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. In his essay, Kyle Powys Whyte analyzes the impacts of colonialism in relation to the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy and defines colonialism as “a “complex social process in which at least one…

As discussed earlier, Leitch has been quoted as saying, “‘People who believe women are property—that they can be beaten, bought or sold, or that gays or lesbians can be stoned because of who they love—don’t share Canadian values’” (Kingston). When Kingston noted that “stoning [has become] synonymous with Muslim…

62.9% of the people are employed full time or identified as being in the labour force. Both sexes participation in the labour force are relatively similar with Male 64.4% vs. Female 61.6%. Female single parents occupying private dwellings rate is significantly higher 88.8% compared to 11.2% of Males single parents in the population households. LGA average family income in TI is $1,736 relatively higher compared to NSW at $1,477. The main industries people from Thursday Island work involve…

significance of acceptance and equality over recent times. The AFL have proven that the indigenous race within the Australian football community suffer from a disadvantage as they present absent from management roles within the sport and often are the victim of racism and stereotypical facts. A disturbing example of how a race relationships have previously been encountered within an AFL game is with an Indigenous player by the name of Adam Goodes. During a game Adam was labelled an ‘ape’ by an…

discrimination against Indigenous people is apparent in light of the Standing Rock protests taking place in North Dakota. Oil companies in North Dakota seek to put a pipeline near Standing Rock, which will ruin water supplies and sacred tribal sites. Although these companies say it will be safe, they altered the location of the pipeline from a city center to Indigenous lands. Protests have continued to take place since April 2016. The protest signifies what has been going on in Indigenous…

Images of national identity function to project “an image of unity in uniqueness (‘one people, one history, one land’) framed in a rhetoric of inclusiveness (‘fellow Australians’) and yet inevitably partial (some Australians will appear more ‘Australian’ than others)” (Carter 2006, p. 9). The intelligentsia (writers, artists, historians, journalists) create a sense of a shared identity or unity through national images such as public symbols, rituals, stories, books, advertisements, movies, and…

This article seeks to claim the Canadian government hasn’t fulfilled its responsibilities about the First Nations education system and try to ignore their faults. The First Nations education is in crisis because it is poorly funded and cannot catch the provincial schools’ academic achievement. The federal government found this gap between the First Nations schools and the provincial schools but it doesn’t input the same level of financial support, instead, the federal government wants the First…

Although I am not Indigenous to this land, I live, work, and learn on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish nations. “Warrior Scholarship: Seeing the University as a Ground of Contention” by Taiaiake Alfred addresses how Indigenous academics have a responsibility to ensure the survival of their culture and nations, to defeat colonialism within university and become a warrior. Although I am not an Indigenous student, I to play a role in colonialism and need to…