Aboriginal Family Community Analysis

Country is precious, vital, and considered home to Aboriginals. To them, country is family, as they often describe it as if shares similar human characteristics. They care for country as they would to their brother or sister, and hold a certain responsibility to nurture country as it provides a sustained, well-nourished life. Each community member plays a role in the protection of country. Every member embraces a different, unique skills and when combined offer a greater life for everyone. Country is key to learning the essential hunting and gathering skills to live, feed and thrive off the land which is embedded in Indigenous culture.

As Beard recognizes, "Native peoples often serve as reminders of a place, an occasion, or, most often a mythic past, and they are expected to perform that identity in the present" (494), what this quote speaks to is a kind of conspicuous performance, a social construction of Aboriginal peoples that pivots around a variety of stereotypes and systemic racism. Writing from the position of a pre-service secondary English language arts (ELA) teacher, my motivations in this paper involve using Marilyn Dumont 's poetry as a way to address Beard 's concerns, "[building students '] capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy, and mutual respect" (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 7), while simultaneously teaching them how to analyse poetry. More specifically, Dumont 's series of beading poems, in her collection The Pemmican Eaters, provides an opportunity to engage high school students in a discussion around the significance of cultural practices, while at the same time revisiting the interplay of Canadian histories, both Aboriginal and colonial. At the same time, I will also describe Dumont 's use of irony, which Andrews explains as a cultural ethos that is a unique element of Plains peoples’ Indigenous art (3). Introducing this uniquely First Nations brand of irony to students may work to give life to Aboriginal culture, bringing "Native peoples . . . [out] of the mythic past" (Beard, 494) and into the present. Finally, the act of beading itself ties directly to

I believe that our culture helps to shape our identity and therefore I believe that early childhood education should reflect the culture of the children attending the program, while teaching other cultures to promote diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal Head Start programs are contributing back to the communities through culturally responsive education, which reinforces Aboriginal identity. Nguyen (2011) argues that Aboriginal early childhood education needs to provide children with a “sense of who they are and where the come from, which will impact community self-government and self-determination” (p.231). Similarly, Greenwood et al. (2007) points out that early childhood education should socialize children into their heritage and ancestry through programs that reflect their community and nation. The Aboriginal Head Start programs foster the education of both Aboriginal culture and language into the program in hopes that this inspires children to learn their respective language and participate in their communities (Nguyen,

Standard one of the Aboriginal Cultural Standards Framework is Relationships. Positive student-teacher relationships play a crucial role in building a

Indigenous education is utmost challenging to incorporate throughout the holistic approach in schools. This is why educators need to incorporate Indigenous perspectives in all units of work to build a safe, positive, yet constructive learning environment for students, families and the community. By undertaking this all students can learn in different ways to build an understanding of the history, beliefs, and Australian heritage.

What historical forces have contributed to the situation of Tom and his family, and how do you, as the social worker see yourself implicated in this historical overview.

1. What strategies can be used in schools to meet the main goal of the NSW DET Aboriginal Education and Training Policy (2008)?

Possessing or seeking out knowledge of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups and they’re protocols portrays a genuine interest in developing partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups which is incredibly valuable. As is becoming actively involved in Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander groups and events in the community and supporting business ran by Aboriginal people through doing things such as only purchasing authentic Aboriginal goods and booking Aboriginal-owned or operated tours.

Hospitals are acceptable, but they are scared of staying forever especially if they don’t speak english.

The tradition of Aboriginal family has the sameness to the traditions of my family. Tradition is a belief, principle, or way of acting that people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time. Aboriginal people are the Indigenous People of Canada and the family that I came from are belong to the group of “Igorots” and they are the Indigenous people of the Philippines. Being both Indigenous People of our own country, there’s a common thing about our traditions. In our generation, our parents and the Elders of my family believe that all the members of the family have different part and responsibilities for the clan, that would help one another to build a strong relationship to each other in our community and to

Educators should establish a good rapport and try to gain the trust from the Aboriginal community. Educator’s role is convincing them that their children will receive good education and positive learning throughout

The Aboriginal society and the Maori Society However, these societies were completely different when it came to social structures and how they ran things in terms of political power. They also had different cultures but the largest difference was how they portrayed a certain god. While Aboriginals believe in a certain Supreme Maker, they also have lots of different stories of creation and the Maori have multiple gods that they believe in and don’t have any creation stories that don’t involve their base gods. This report will examine the similarities and the differences between the two and explain why this is.

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Organize for one of the aboriginal staff to hold information sessions within their region to give staff an overview of the Aboriginal history of the loss of land and culture, by introducing the culture of that history, it encourages educators to enforce better understanding of Torres Strait Islander’ cultural

In Aboriginal communities the family dynamic and the sets of rights and obligations underlying them made for the entire community.