Indigenous peoples of Oceania

Comparatively, while Indigenous people are accounted for within the political community, they suffer from being neglected by the state, however, recent developments have manifested progression domestically. In the 1967 referendum, over 90% of Australian voters (consisting of no Aboriginal descent) agreed to change the Australian Constitution to give the federal parliament the power to make laws in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to allow for Aboriginal and Torres…

We have seen that the Shrine of remembrance has gone through many ups and downs throughout its journey. Many professional criticism blamed it as a mere wastage of resources, but it the people of Victoria have always stood behind it. Undoubtedly some relevant question will definitely arise in the context of the report, and I have tried to find those answers going deep into the native history and culture of Australia. What messages about Australian history and culture does the National Gallery,…

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have occupied this land for over 60,000 years this making their culture the oldest living race on earth. Throughout the years Indigenous communities within Australia have faced many key events that have affected their lives since European colonisation in 1778. (Timeline)??? Prior to colonisation there were approximately 700 different Aboriginal nations, that contained different communities across the continent. Although many different cultures and…

As a teacher, it is important to acknowledge health issues among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Students who are always sick may not achieve their full potential (Alperstein & Egan, ND). For instances, A student’s health has a great impact on their ability to learn and take part in school activities (Alperstein & Egan, ND). The Australian Bureau of statistics conducted a Aboriginal child health survey in Western Australia which was one of the largest investigation into the…

“The way forward for Australia as a nation is to embrace the essence of indigenous cultural renaissance.” Renaissance as described by Dictionary.com is “revival or rebirth especially of culture and learning” (Dictionary.com, 2015). In my paper I will examine indigenous culture and its revival or rebirth by looking at what Indigenous Culture is, its origins, what it means to Aboriginal people and how it is being revived today in the current Australian society. I will start with a quote from…

To begin with, this course has greatly enhanced the depth of my understanding about Indigenous culture and education. Personally, there are numerous aspects of the curriculum that have intrigued me. With that being said, one element of the course content that I found significant was the lesson done in week 9 about post-secondary education for Indigenous people. Unfortunately, the number of Aboriginal students completing secondary school and participating in post-secondary education is…

Aboriginal people (Indigenous people of Australia, see Image 1) have the longest living cultural history of any single language group in the world, dating back to more than 50,000 years. It has been able to survive this long as it is a dynamic culture. A dynamic culture is a culture that is able to adapt to the time period and is able to change without losing its core paradigms. This is why Aboriginal spirituality is known as a dynamic religion as its culture which is dynamic, shaped its…

According to a study done last year, nearly one quarter of all aboriginal people have admitted to contemplating suicide at one or more times in their life. This statistic is troubling as is, but when you take into consideration the fact that there are likely many aboriginal people who chose not to admit to having suicidal thoughts, this statistic becomes even more frightening. The Canadian Institute of Health did a study that states that the rate of suicides amongst aboriginal youth (age 15-24)…

I am European And I grieve Though my direct lineage does not include colonizing Canada, I am guilty The tears come My heart breaks and tells me that this is all wrong and I grieve some more. I grieve for my brothers and sisters of the First Nations Their history is a culture that uses a rolling tongue that remembers everything and unites a community by the careful telling of the journeys of the First Nations since the birth of the world. Every word Every moment Every feeling…

Week 10: Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls, Inuit Perspectives I found myself very relieved to finally discuss the murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls in Canada, a topic that receives devastatingly little attention in the mainstream media. When thinking about this journal article, I automatically knew that I wanted to contribute to Metis artist Jaime Black’s (2014) REDress project, which was started as a way to build attention to the realities of the missing and…