Indigenous peoples of Oceania

The curriculum is designed for high school-age AI/AN youth in reservation communities. It attempts to prevent substance use among those who have not begun, and stop use from escalating in youth who are already experimenting (Donovan et al, 2015). While the family and community are not directly targeted, they are involved in the program in a couple of ways. The tribal government and community is heavily involved via the adaptation process, and their input and participation is sought for focus…

The Indigenous peoples of Canada have been mistreated for years, yet only recently has our government began to rebuild this important and valuable relationship. Canadians are generally known for their welcoming attitudes and openness towards others, however this view has constantly been tested since the beginning of the twentieth century. The largest problem facing Canadians as a nation is the constant mistreatment and discrimination shown towards the Indigenous Peoples, who are the descendants…

Identity For Indigenous people, ancestry is deemed as the spirits of the Indigenous people (Perso & Hayward, 2015). Indigenous people show extreme respect to their ancestry, as they believe it explains where they come from. The foundation of Indigenous identity is their links to the ‘country’ (Perso & Hayward, 2015). It is about where they grow up, who they are and which group they belong to. Indigenous people value the traditional lands of their cultural groups and the kinship between…

• The Indigenous culture of Australia is the oldest living cultural history in the world, going back at least 50,000 years.1 • At the time of European settlement, Aboriginals were semi-nomadic hunters and gatherers living off the land. Each clan belonged to a specific territory boarded by rivers, lakes and mountains. For Indigenous Australians, their relationship to the land is a vital aspect of their spirituality and culture1. • Much of the cultural identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait…

Messo level interventions focus on the small group or organizational level of treatment (Ashford & Lecroy, 2013). Messo level interventions can also involve interventions that work with the connections between the micro and macro level social work (Ashford & Lecroy, 2013). Examples of messo level work is that which focused on small groups (such as families, classrooms, or group therapy) (Maguire, 2002). Because of this, a training that was conducted for fellow trainee interns was chosen to…

It teaches Canadians that violence is not the best way to deal with injustice, but by apologizing, redressing and raising awareness, people can deal with it in a much friendly matter. The prejudice in this book is something that could not be prevented as it is how the author wanted to tell Matt’s story. The author does however; give readers a different take on how her characters dealt…

Nowadays, for Aboriginal Culture to still be known as an important part of Australia’s cultural heritage it is vital that children from a young age are thoroughly educated on this significant part of Australian history. The book “Maybe Tomorrow” narrated by Boori Pryor with Meme McDonald is recognised as a powerful and moving text that tells the the incredible story of an Aboriginal male growing up in the 1950’s where white culture was dominant. This book in detail explains the high and lows,…

Australian indigenous knowledge and cultures In the last 60,000 years Australian indigenous knowledge has advanced through generations.Unlike western culture where knowledge becomes grown and known through written text's,Indigenous knowledge is developed by images, words, patterns, sounds, smells ,tastes on different canvases such as sand, soil, the body and rocks.Furthermore, Since British colonisation in 1788 threats to traditional indigenous knowledge existed then and even more now in modern…

rights and freedoms. Assimilation first appeared in 1937 and was a policy which encouraged Aboriginal people to drift away from their traditional culture and thus, adopt fitting in and adapting to the Australian way of life. This was era was significant to the Aborigines as they were not considered part of the general population and their traditional life eroded over time. It heavily impacted the Indigenous population as they were driven out of their own land and forced to live in fringe camps…

Applying and Critiquing Asset-Based, Internally Focused, Relationship Driven An asset-based, internally focused, relationship driven approach to community development can be the most suitable for the South Asian immigrant community in Victoria for a myriad of reasons. However, a few limitations can cause this approach to fail. Strengths of Approach An asset-based, internally focused, relationship driven approach can grant power to South Asian immigrants to make changes that will benefit them.…