National Sorry Day

National Sorry Day Points Saying sorry would start to heal the Aboriginals wounds The public/new generation would learn to respect Aboriginals the same We would continue with Aboriginal traditions such as Acknowledgement of Country before every event Conceptualize this, only 50 years ago, you were treated differently just by the colour of your skin, there was absolutely no way you were allowed to vote despite your age and you were bullied and not allowed the same medical resources and education services. Then the Prime Minister says sorry and everyone thinks it is refined, and there is no public holiday for the memorable event. Well, that was what happened on the 13 February 2008 and it impacted 3.3% of Australia population or over 650,000…

not until the 1980s that policy changes were made and there was a reappraisal on how to handle both issues of assimilation and child welfare (Sorry Day and The Stolen Generations, 2015). The report further detailed instances of abuse post-removal. Many boys were referred to as “inmates” or by their identification numbers in their new homes. Children attempted to run away and many were placed in solitary confinement for acting out, not following rules, or attempting to run away. After a certain…

Whenever I offer up a story of what I have researched about my past (which I am very proud of) they don’t listen, they keep on talking about the same old gossip that they always do. I love learning about all of my past, my skin colour feels like the only connection to it I have left. I wish that I could remember my aboriginal name but it was taken away from me the day after I was taken. Just recently I have felt lost, I have been taught to act like a ‘white’ person, but that isn’t me. Everyone…

worried. We knew that maybe doing this “fun” night, was not a great idea. She was right, it was a mess. Cups on the ground, along with chips crushed on the floor. There was streamers everywhere, spilled drinks everywhere. I was a disaster. But we had to clean it up in a matter of an hour. So we got to work, I got the kitchen and Sarah had the outside. We cleaned up as fast as we could. My hands felt like they were going lighting speed. It was definitely the fastest I had ever seen Sarah move.…

regulate our nation in ways they thought best would support the success of our country. Fourth of July brought around the chance for people to celebrate the positive changes and evolutions that had been made throughout the country in previous years. With its title as Independence day, the Fourth of July, in the nineteenth century, enabled more of a division amongst people rather than unification due to women still living under mens superiority, blacks and indians still not receiving equal…

If you were a sports fan in Hartford the day of my birth you had probably traveled to Dell Rapids the night before to see the West Central Boys basketball team. The Trojans, who defeated the Quarriers 76-68, were lead by Tucker Hansen, who had 23 points (“West Central 76, Dell Rapids 68” 4C). Also from around the Sioux Empire the police were searching for the driver of a truck that hit a pedestrian. The driver of truck hit a man from behind on 31st Street North and between Cliff and Van Eps…

On National Coming Out Day the rainbow center held an event for students to listen to poetry and other students’ personal experiences with coming out. Walking in I was a little nervous and was not sure what to expect. No one in my family or my close friends have ever dealt with coming out, so this was new to me. Although I was not very knowledgeable about what it is like to come out, I was still interested in learning about what other people have gone through. As I walked in my eyes went first…

Introduction: Australia Day (on the 26th January) is a day that a considerable amount of Indigenous Australians remembers as the 75th anniversary of the fight for Aboriginal rights and recognition in their own country, the place that they were born and raised. (2013) Consequently, in the year of 1938, the Day of Mourning protest attracted a large group of Aboriginal Australians in Sydney, marking the monumental 150 years since the Europeans settled in Australia. Furthermore, they demanded that…

Australia Should change the date of Australia day? This has been a heated argument that’s risen over the past couple of years, with many aboriginal and Torres strait islander people claiming that its celebrating the date (26 January) which began the long destruction of the indigenous people and their culture. Aslam Mr. Debono and fellow students. This speech will state arguments to why Australia should change the date of Australia day. Australia Day, Australia day is the official national day of…

In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, loneliness is a key theme. There comes a point in the novel where Dr. Frankenstein has to make a decision: to either make his creature an equal woman companion or to refuse his protégé and face the dire consequences. At this point, Frankenstein is knowledgeable that his creation is the murderer of his brother (and indirectly caused the execution of his family friend Justine). He sees just exactly the problems that his creation has caused and how much…