Indigenous People

The Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people are Australia’s first people. They’re the Indigenous and traditional owners of our beautiful land. However, until the last few decades, this hasn’t always been recognised. The Indigenous people of Australia have faced colonization, oppression, the Stolen Generation, and all kinds of disrespect to their cultural heritage.

Indigenous people as defined by the Cobo report (1987) are “a group having a historical

Before schooling was mandatory for Aboriginal peoples, they all learned from each other. Parents would teach their children how to live, right from wrong and their ways of life. Elders would share knowledge by oral stories and traditions. Many people of all ages would gather to listen to what the elders had to say. The way of life for the Aboriginal peoples of Canada was simple and complete. Everyone helped each other and did things that benefited one another.

Thesis/Introduction- Have you ever wondered what our lives would be like if we had to get our resources from the environment around us? There would be no fast food, no stores. We would have to hunt for our own food. This is how the Plateau and Coastal tribes lived. The Chinook and Nez Perce tribes interacted with the environment differently and similarly to provide food, shelter, and clothing for their people.

The Canadian native aboriginals are the original indigenous settlers of North Canada in Canada. They are made up of the Inuit, Metis and the First nation. Through archeological evidence old crow flats seem to the earliest known settlement sites for the aboriginals. Other archeological evidence reveals the following characteristics of the Aboriginal culture: ceremonial architecture, permanent settlement, agriculture and complex social hierarchy. A number of treaties and laws have been enacted amongst the First nation and European immigrants throughout Canada. For instance the Aboriginal self-government right was a step to assimilate them in Canadian society. This allows for a chance to manage

Aboriginals concept of land is different compared to the Europeans view of land being an economic resource or investment, but to indigenous land is so much more, it is a part of their identity and soul. But when settlers came they classified the land as terra nullius which is Latin term for “land belonging to no one”. soon enough aboriginals had no control over their land or even their own properties until the 1900s where aboriginals fought for the land but didn’t receive anything but small victories in the 1970s until a

If you don’t have food how are you going to survive? Inuit hunt seals and very rarely they hunt clams. Haida hunt deer and most of the time they hunt samen.

Indigenous are tribal people who identify themselves as indigenous people. They inhabited a region in a country, generations to generations, which is surrounded by national resources. Their social, cultural and economic conditions distinguish them from countrywide communities, and their customs or traditions, special laws or policy are governed by their own set of regulations, entirely or partly. They are determined to maintain and further develop their identity and distinct social, economic, cultural and political institutions as distinct peoples and community, (“UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS,” 2008, p. 7-9).

Aboriginal and Torres Trait Islander people migrated to Australia from Asia and Africa about40,000 years ago.They had a nomadic lifestyle.They hunted animals for food and used weapons made of wood and metal to hunting eg:-Boomerang.

Throughout Canadian history, Indigenous children, families and communities have been aggressively assimilated through Canadian government policies (Baskin, 2011). The combination of colonization, residential schools, the Sixties Scoop and other discriminating tactics has damaged Indigenous cultures, weakened parenting capacity, and challenged economic self-sufficiency. Many Aboriginal people live in communities that experience high levels of poverty, alcohol and substance abuse, suicides, incarceration rates, unemployment rates, and other social problems. Today, Indigenous child are disproportionately represented in the Child Welfare System. The National Household Survey (2011) indicated that 48% of 30,000 children and youth in foster care

These natives formed approximately 500 tribes, each associated with its own language and stretch of territory. Although the sizes of the tribes varied, they had much in common. The Aborigines were not natural cultivators of the land - fertile land was obviously scarce - and Australia (before the European colonisation) had no animals suitable for

The Aborigines were traditionally a semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer society, travelling seasonally. Their intimate knowledge of the land and the seasons allowed them to predict where and when certain food items would be available. Men hunted larger game while women gathered fruits, nuts and caught small game. Theirs was a life well adapted to the harshness of Australia. The most important factor in Aboriginal life was (and is) the kinship system.

Indigenous people are those aboriginal and torres strait islander people of Australia descended from groups that existed in Australia and surrounding islands prior to European colonization. Though Indigenous Australians are seen as being part of the Australia, but there are significant differences in social, cultural and linguistic customs between the various Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups. These indigenous people are facing a lot of problems such as

Indigenous movements created in many cases a united indigenous people together around one cause that is greater than them. There are many cases where these Indigenous Movements became less of solely for a greater good but for creating a common identity. Historically Indigenous people were only becoming second class citizens when the colonizing power of Spain arrived. It was during the 1970’s when we see the start of Indigenous movements in Latin America; more importantly, these as a positive movement and staring as grassroots. Indigenous movements have created a stronger Indigenous identity among communities and cultures alike; by shaping these ,movements by younger Indigenous people.

Who are the indigenous people? Emery and Associates defined indigenous people as descent of populations that lived in a particular country or geographical regions to which the country belongs, at the time of colonization or conquest and who irrespective of their legal status retain some or all of their own cultural, social and political institutions (Emery and Associates, 1997). While most literature on the traditional ecological knowledge focused on North American indigenous people, there are also indigenous societies in Australia, South America, Asia and Africa, each with its own version of traditional ecological knowledge.