Territory

people and Vincent Lingiari during their argument about land rights at Wave Hill station in August 1966. The Gurindji strike at Wave Hill station was an revolutionary incident that occurred in August of 1966 at Wave Hill station in the Northern Territory. On the eponymous date in 1966, Vincent Lingiari, a spokesman for the Gurindji people, led his fellow Gurindji compatriots and walked off their worksite and began a seven year strike. The strike was first assumed to be a strike by the Gurindji…

self-government. A political accord was signed by both parties in 1992 (Belanger, 222). In 1993, representatives of the Canadian government, Northwest Territories and Nunavut Tunngavik signed a land claim agreement that created Nunavut - the third Canadian territory (Belanger, 222). The creation of the territory of Nunavut out of the Northwest Territories on 1 April 1999 was a dramatic moment for the country (Dickason and Newbigging 275). Nunavut is now the largest land claim settlement in the…

described the 19th centuries unusual cruelty through her book title “A Century of Dishonor”, alluding to the large amounts of oppression Native Americans faced and to the greedy nature of whites (ex. their need for excessive railroad expansion through territories). The 1800’s was truly “A Century of Dishonor”, as Americans disregarded previous treaties they established settling Indian boundaries and utilized brutal force to raid Natives of their property; although most battles between the…

Government Policies The government policies of the Northern Intervention consist of 4 major bills: the northern territory national emergency response bill, social security amendment, families, community, services, and other legislation amendment, and the appropriation bill of 2007. The legislation of the intervention presented many policies involving indigenous life. The legislation introduced alcohol restrictions for aboriginals as well as welfare reforms to end the flow of money towards…

payment of $1,000 (Trask, 2006). Article II of the treaty outlines the territory the Sauk and Fox tribes ceded to the United States, which covered large areas in present-day northwestern Illinois and southern Wisconsin (Kappler, 1904, p. 74). In all, the total area of land the tribes ceded to the United States was 50 million acres (King,…

There will always be a factor that prevents people of different ethnicities from integrating with each other. Whether it is the color of a person’s skin, their economic status, or their religion and culture. Ethnic relations are the relations between race and economics as well as the relations between different ethnicities. In the past, segregation was a part of everyday life. White people held the majority of the population and therefore felt that they were superior to those who were not white…

The beliefs and values embraced by Thomas Jefferson in his Letter to James Madison can be seen by some as archaic and insensible to a growing society. Although America’s values on the basis of economy and society have shifted somewhat, a few of his ideas can still be interwoven into how America regards itself. Another writing of Jefferson’s will be referenced in the course of this essay, since it has a clearer sense of why Jefferson felt the way he did about agrarian societies. This writing is…

Canada in 1950s – a respecter of human rights “A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer,” said Seneca, a Roman Stoic philosopher (Seneca, Moral Essays, Vol.3, 1935). Intentions of an event are usually more important than results in determining the righteousness of the event because one has control over the intentions but not the outcomes. Action done out of philanthropic purpose is justified even though the result unexpectedly hurts others’…

Unit Paper #2 “Look into my eyes, tell me what you see. You don’t see a damn thing because you can’t relate to me. You blinded by our differences. My life makes no sense to you. I’m the persecuted one. You the red, white, and blue” (Outlandish 2005). As Americans, we are given the privilege of not fearing for our lives every waking moment. For many of us, our biggest concerns are quite miniscule. For instance, my biggest concern at the moment is if I’m going to pass my microbiology class…

The name Ullman and Woolman were interchangeable throughout the years, however, Woolman became the preferred spelling for Thomas and his family, from the time of his leaving the family home in Foley and moving to Parry Sound proper on his marriage to Rebecca on January 28, 1880. There he started out as the near ubiquitous lumberman and a new dad. Edith was born just a comfortable nine months later on November 13, 1880. It was too tough a go for him in the mills and he uprooted his family and…