Indigenous peoples of Oceania

the meaning or the way people will be changed by the communication through dancing. In order to answer this…

suicide in Indigenous communities (Niezen, 2009). While reading the chapter, three main factors stood out, the first was the history of Aboriginals in relation to cluster suicide, social factors that could influence self-harm and also how cultural continuity could be used as a form of protection against cluster suicide. To begin, history is an important factor when analyzing a community, it allows the researcher insight on what events…

mirrored in the history of Indigenous Australians in the more distant past as well as in contemporary Australia. To be specific, the colonial history shows a typical example of institutional racism, a discriminatory limitation against ethnic groups via laws, practices, and policies (Hampton & Toombs, 2013, p. 30). At the beginning of colonisation, Europeans believed that they were superior to Indigenous people. Based on such beliefs, the colonists controlled and regulated Indigenous Australians…

operates within a western legal system (Marchetti & Downie, 2014). Though the process uses tikanga Maori values, not all Maori people support it as the process does not have its own autonomy (Dickson, 2011). Instead, Rangatahi Courts only give the Maori community partial power to reconnect its youth to their culture as it operates in a system that was imposed on Maori people upon colonisation. Though Rangatahi Courts do actually attempt to recognise indigeneity and prevent youth from…

However, they endorsed the acculturation attitudes of assimilation, marginalization and separation, which were contradictory. Although these youth tend to join into the dominant society, they lack some necessary abilities to communicate with dominative people (Berry, 2008, p. 335). It might be said that they are lost in the two or more different societies, a certain direction could be effective so that they can feel a sense of…

It is a title that encompasses and highlights each culture and identifying feature that a person holds as it pertains to the situation that person is in. Frierdes (2008) exemplifies how Aboriginal people can use different parts of their identities at different times, “For example, when Aboriginal people struggle for access to resources, they present their identity differently than they would in a non-competitive situation because they have learned to use different identities in different…

with the indigenous tribes, they forced the latter to adopt the development communication style in order to make their requests more effective, and somehow ‘palatable’ for a western audience. I will develop my argument by focusing on the kind of language and narratives used by the Brazilian agencies to support the construction of Belo Monte plant, and later examine the actions taken by the local communities in response to the government’s claims. My aim is to underline how the indigenous groups…

The purpose of this paper is to critically analyse the impact of history and colonisation on contemporary First People’s health outcomes. It will also analyse how these impacts influenced Australia’s First Peoples ability to build trustful and respectful relationships within the healthcare system. It will commence by explaining the policy era of colonisation and how this era impacted on health. This will then lead into strength-based approaches that healthcare professionals can use to build…

International Norm: Rights of Indigenous People 1. Introduction More than 370 million people in over 90 countries (representing 5,000 different cultures) identify as indigenous people. They comprise 5% of the global population, and 15% of the world’s poor. Still, some countries deny the existence of indigenous peoples within their territory or argue that “all their citizens are indigenous“ (Dahl 5). Some groups of indigenous people are so small that their languages and cultures are…

The Beginning of Change What would life be like without western dominance exerted around the world? Throughout history, western influence has been present, most commonly seen in the Americas. Generations of indigenous people have been brainwashed into thinking they are different. Colonialism has fueled the western push for a world with western views. Merriam-Webster’s definition of Colonialism is, Colonialism is control by one power over a dependent area or people1. Colonialism was not…