Black Influence On Aboriginal Society

Aboriginal families are often negated within society. Even when media places the important and attention to understanding the struggles that Aboriginal people face, they are often seen as a broken, alcoholic and violent community. The struggles that Aboriginal people face are purposefully painted and structured in a way that individualizes and blames them for their own situation. What this narrow societal view of Aboriginal people’s lives is that it allows for an escape from the uncomfortable reality that what they face have been shaped by design. It allows for their histories to be erased from the past history of European colonialism to the land. It negates the evident

There is recurrent tension between the maintenance of Indigenous culture and essentially assimilating to the rules and regulations of the predominantly white society in Australia (Dockrey, 2010). Australia’s Aboriginal culture represented the oldest surviving culture in the world (Aboriginal culture, 2017). The traditions include having at least 270 different language groups and 500 dialects in the indigenous community (Shareourpride.org.au, n.d). The vast amount of languages and dialects were present to represent the intellect of Indigenous Australians. Language is a strong aspect of Indigenous culture as it connects and influences many Indigenous tribes as it is their form of communication. The environment also connects aboriginal people spiritually to their land and provides them with a sense of identity (Jackson 1999). Although there were many different groups and clans in the past, the tribes fighting over the land was a rare occurrence (Treatyrepublic.net 1996). This showcases the connection and respect they exhibited for the land and maintaining structure was their main priority. Additionally common law was a way that Indigenous Australians could preserve the ecosystem and cultural integrity, through their spiritual and emotional connection with the land (Langton 1996, p.10). However due to the colonization, there was less formal acknowledgement for Indigenous

Aboriginal women face disproportionate challenges throughout their incarceration which impacts their successful community reintegration. Over the last ten years, inmate assaults involving Aboriginal women have exponentially grown, almost doubling, while use of force incidents have more than tripled. Rates of self-injury involving incarcerated Aboriginal women are seventeen times higher than that of non-Aboriginal women. To agree with Baldry, Carlton, and Cunneen, using Indigenous women as a focus point is beneficial because their "experiences embody and exemplify the intersections between colonial and neocolonial oppression and the multiple sites of gender and disadvantage and inequality that stem from patriarchal domination." Cunneen highlights that Indigenous women actually live in "many prisons"; the prison of misunderstanding; the prison of misogyny; and the prison of disempowerment. Patricia Monture insists that one way women can resist oppression and facilitate social change is by telling their own stories. The Task Force for Federally Sentenced Women developed a report called Creating Choices, which attempted to relocate the power to make choices in womens' lives out of the hands of prison officials and back to the women themselves because, according to the findings of the Task Force, it is only when people are treated with respect and when they are empowered can they take responsibility for their actions and make meaningful decisions. Monture-Okanee reflects on the irony of the final report

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

Over the past 230 years, Aboriginals have protested in many different ways to gain rights, which they believe they are deserving of. Through aims of what they wanted to achieve, the processes they went through brought them disappointment over the poor results of some actions and pleasure over the success of others. Over those years, very few periods of protest have been as revelational or effective as the protests occurring between 1938 and 1972. During this period many different groups of Aboriginals have fought for the common cause of being recognised as people rather than interferences caught in the midst of Australians expansion as a nation.

Research an aspect of Australian history (e.g. policy, practice) and outline the ways in which this aspect has impacted on Aboriginal people and Aboriginal education.

During my interview with Margaret West of Bourke, NSW - I was able to gain first-hand knowledge and understanding of the issues (healthcare, safety and education) that were faced by some indigenous people during the 70’s and 80’s. After the interview concluded, I had enough information to compare the policies of her generation in contrast to the modern policies that deal with the same issues that were discussed in the interview.

Many of today’s key influencers in aboriginal communities, including leaders, teachers and parents are residential school survivors. Transmitted through an intergenerational effect, the individuals of the aboriginal community still suffer from the lasting burdens from their ancestors. These burdens can attribute to personal emotional, physical and mental trauma, compromised ideology of family structure, and loss of tradition, culture, and language. It can also be said that aboriginals have suffered from a lack of self-esteem and self worth that has been instilled upon them. “This has manifested itself in self-abuse, resulting in high rates of alcoholism, substance abuse, and suicide” (Hanson 2009). After being treated poorly within the

In the article " the Impact of Colonization and Western Assimilation on health and well

Aboriginals or indigenous Australians are the native people of Australia. Aboriginals were nomadic people who came to Australia about 40,000 – 60,000 years ago from Southeast Asia. Religion is a great part of Aboriginal culture. The essay answers these questions: What do Aboriginals belief? What is a Kinship system? What is Dreaming and Dreamtime? What rituals does Aboriginals have?

Colonisation had a significant impact upon Aboriginal people through the degradation of cultural landmarks and the disruption of the Aboriginal way of life. In particular the greatest impact occurred on those members of the Stolen Generation who still feel the effects of the government policies today. The most significant policy was the Aboriginal Protection Act, which gave Government the power to forcibly remove children from their families and culture and change the way in which Aboriginal People lived. Members of the Stolen Generation still feel the impact of colonisation today, with members facing a lack of personal and cultural identity and in some cases are unaware and uneducated about their rich ancestral background. Moreover, these

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are the first owner of Australia. They have been living on this land for over 50,000 years and have very unique culture. While they don’t keep paper record, they pass down their knowledge to following generations by arts, music, and stories. Children are cultivated by the elders the ideology of dreamtime their whole life, which teaches them the important events happened in the past and how they live their lives with the nature. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have build a very harmony relationship with the nature. Different from the modern society that labeled by the aggressively exploitation of resources, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have found ways to live with the nature peacefully.

The separation of aboriginal people from their land, kinship and children from families have had a devastating effect on aboriginal spirituality. Indigenous people are connected to the land physically and spiritually, Aborigines land is their home and when colonisation began by the white settlers in 1788 they claimed ‘Terra Nullius’, land that belonged to no one. This separation from land meant that they were not able to access food on the land and cultural practices and ceremonies associated with the land could not be carried out. Seen in source 1 the separation from the land is a disrespect to aboriginal spirituality, this effect did not only hurt the remaining loved ones, however the ancestor themselves as quoted from the source “Our ancestors travel with us all the time, they'll travel with us when we go back home ... till we get back to our land and put them back where

Aborigines are believed to have lived in Australia for between 60,000 and 40,000 years, their early ancestors coming from South-East Asia. Precise population details for the period before European colonisation are unavailable, but it is estimated that there were between 300,000 and 1,000,000 Aborigines in Australia when European settlers first arrived in 1788.

Sociology is the study of social groups, societies and their development. There was not a great deal of development for the Aboriginal community due to the fact it was being torn apart by the government. These children had no source of socialization due to the strict irrational rules in the system. They were taken far away from their own community in order to divide them from their families and their intimate surroundings. It is important that children are able to socialize with people and their surroundings in order for them to learn how to interact with their world and not feel isolated. According to Psychology Today, we were made to socially interact with others, if failed to have contact with your surroundings, it can lead to serious life