Indigenous peoples

Australia was established as a colony of Britain, the conflict between Indigenous people and white people had started. The British tried to displace Aboriginal people from their land. They made lots of policies to get rid of Aboriginal people and tried to assimilate Aboriginal people into ‘white’ society. In 1991, the process of reconciliation formally began and this process has been continuing till now. Although the Indigenous Australians suffered under the Australian government in the past,…

Past Relationship The relationship between the government of Canada and Indigenous people has been a struggle to say the least. In 2012 bill C-45 was proposed, bill C-45 challenged Indigenous sovereignty and Indigenous philosophy involving mother earth. Indigenous people believe that knowledge is rooted in the land because it contains languages, stories and histories of the people (King, 218). The land also provides all the basic needs for survival, food water and shelter but most importantly…

Australian indigenous people lived on this land for up to 60,000 years before Europe discovered the country and claimed settlement. The ingenious people lived their own lives, spoke their own language and had their own lifestyle. They believed they belonged to the land. They lived semi nomadic lifestyles traveling seasonally letting their previous land to re-flourish. This all changed in 1788 when the British claimed settlement. Australian indigenous people could no longer live the way they knew…

Linda Tuhiwai Smith aim is to provide researchers from Indigenous community with a worldviews and notion for conducting research from an Indigenous perspective. The book “Decolonizing Methodologies Research and Indigenous Peoples” by Linda Tuhiwai Smith basically deals with the native people and the concept of imperialism and colonization the formation of the western research and narrates the example of how research colonized the Maori people of New Zealand. Linda Tuhiwai Smith is an…

towards the Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islander people. The EYLF guide teaches the educators that being culturally competent towards the Indigenous people is not the same as being culturally competent towards the Non-Indigenous people. It tells us that the Indigenous cultures and traditions are very unique and diverse and so for this reason we need to be more aware of our actions towards being culturally competent towards the Indigenous people. As a director of a childcare service, when…

and behavior of government made Ainu as invisible status. The major issue in the twenty first century is the protection of rights of indigenous people over the entire world. United Nations also draw attention for the protection, education, clothing, advancement and other sources for the indigenous people. The word Ainu is compared with Kamuy for gods meaning people and human. In the thirteenth century, Ainu settled their traditions and culture in the Northern part of Hokkaido, Northern part of…

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The articles titled “The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” published by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs addresses the goals and functions of this declaration. It recognizes many of the basic human rights and freedoms of the indigenous peoples. These rights include self-determination, inalienable right to ownership, control of land, and maintaining their own political, religious, cultural, and educational…

knowledge affects the interpretation and accounts for the manner history is written by historians. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States and A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America challenges the inaccurate nature of stereotypical Eurocentric views because of perception. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States has a focused view rooted from indigenous peoples’ perspective and on the other hand…

For thousands of years people have struggled with accepting people of colour and their place in society. There was a big issue in Australia in the 20th century with accepting the Indigenous people into the communities in a country that had been invaded by Europeans 200 years earlier. In the years before World War One, British-Australians believed themselves to be superior to the Indigenous People of Australia, the Australian constitution excluded Aborigines by not regarding them as Australian…

plagued the Indigenous people of our beloved nation. Today we stand here, on Victoria Island, where three years ago, Theresa Spence started her hunger strike to show the public that Indigenous people matter. That Indigenous rights matter. She sat here every day until she caught the attention of our Prime Minster, and the Governor General to respect the Indigenous people and give them the rights that they deserve. After three years, 1095 days, we are still asking to be heard. My people have…