Indigenous peoples of Oceania

in Australia had massive impact to the local indigenous people mainly the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders. Prior to the arrival of the colonialists, the indigenous people had distinct cultural beliefs and practice especially the value of family ties. The main source of food was hunting and gathering for the Aboriginals and fishing for the Torres Strait Islanders where clans hunted and gathered as a team for their families. The indigenous people also owned land and property. This was…

Additionally, by having access to these sites tourist were treading upon sacred burials grounds, and there were several incidences where site desecration had occurred. Currently the only system in place to protect against such desecrations is a “Permit to Enter a Reserve” which fulfills the Australian government’s requirements under the 1972 Aboriginals Affairs Planning Authority Act, which is only focused on land based access, which is why “expedition cruise operators [have] expressed a…

Belgrave, Michael, Historical Frictions: Maori Claims and Reinvented Histories, Auckland, 2005. In this book, Belgrave explores the changes that have occurred in the last hundred and fifty years regarding Waitangi Tribunal claims, the role of the Waitangi Tribunal and the relationship between Maori and non-Maori in New Zealand. Belgrave sheds light on nuances of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Waitangi Tribunal that are not commonly known. Belgrave provides evidence on various historical case…

told’ is a social justice essay and personal journal communicating his personal response to the injustice towards Indigenous Australians. Reynolds’ choice of language, medium and textual form influence how his perspective is received and shape the meaning of the text. Reynolds’ presents his political perspective and purpose in his monograph as he argues for the reconciliation of Indigenous and white Australians to advocate the progress of native title. He challenges responders to reevaluate…

by First Nations peoples” (Langston and Chaulk 177). The reclamation of identity is prominent throughout the play and both Billingham’s as well as Langston and Chaulk’s articles allow for a further understanding of the text. Langston and Chaulk promote the idea in which “Highway argues that such theatre, like the women’s hockey league, is capable of stoking pride, community, reform, and the reclamation of tradition, and not only for Canada’s First Nations, but for colonized peoples around the…

Patricia Grace is one of New Zealand’s foremost Maori authors. Her novel Potiki displays many aspects of Maori culture. One important conflict in the novel is the different value money has between the tribe (the Tamihana family) and the dollarman. The different value that it has proves to be an important conflict in the novel as it conveys the message of the tribes independence without the large influence of money. This essay will discuss the different value of money by focussing on the…

decades after colonialism. One of these contested legacies are deeply imprinted into the minds of many people, the idea that not everything left behind from colonialism was bad. This can be seen in a tweet from Helen Zille (2018) “… I said the LEGACY of colonialism (i.e what was left behind) was not ONLY negative.”. Is this a fair statement? It is important to take into consideration that what most people know of colonialism is what is taught by Western literacy, this paints a lovely picture of…

How do we know the enemy is actually afraid of God's chosen people? Have a look at Joshua 2:8-11 again. This is when the 40 years were over, Moses died and Joshua (who was one of the spies!) took over the leadership and has sent spies into the land one more time. This was shocking for them to realize, that in reality…

Eventually, it is found that not all the people associated with the colonizers wanted the event of colonization to happen and were just involved in it by accident. For example, Moodoo comes across the girls alone while the others search nearby and Moodoo decides to walk away from them. The importance…

These people really on their land to survive and there is plenty of it, but with all the logging companies cut down the trees it's much smaller than the it use to be. The amazon is huge and full of natural resources that companies are willing to kill for. Also…