Indigenous People In Canada

It is well-known that the health issue of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has been constantly discussed and analysed up to the present. Indigenous Australian experience poorer health outcome compare to other population in Australian, and also they experienced significantly higher rates of mental illness within their communities, and the suicide rate approximately more than double higher than for the general population (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,2009). The purpose of this essay is to discuss the factor that associated with higher rate of mental illness and suicide behavior regard to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the concept of cultural, social and emotional well-being that triggers this phenomenon.

Aboriginal health standards are so low today that all most half aboriginal men and a third of the women die before they are 45. Aboriginal people can expect to live 20 years less than non-indigenous Australians. Aboriginals generally suffer from more health problem and are more likely to suffer from diabetes, liver disease and glaucoma. The causes of their poor health and low life expectancy are poverty, poor nutrition, poor housing, dispossession of their traditional land, low education level, high unemployment, drug and substance use, unsafe sex, limited health care and diseases.

Australia is considered one of the safest and best countries to live (OECD, 2016). For instance, Australia exhibits higher life expectancies (80.3 years for males and 84.5 years for females), lower mortality rates (5.4 per 1000 live births), high-quality education and health practices and many employment opportunities (ABS, 2015). However, there are wide disparities in life expectancy, mortality rates, heath outcomes, education and employment for indigenous people (Holland, 2014).For example, life expectancy at birth for indigenous population is 10.6 years lower than that of the non-indigenous male population and 9.5 years for females (ABS, 2015). The mortality rate for the indigenous

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).

“From the surface one may look upon Australia as being the ‘lucky county’ however when explored deeper Kayleigh Richmond came to the conclusion that this so called ‘lucky country’ isn’t all that ‘lucky’ for marginalized groups in Australia, the literature of these marginalized groups in Australia certainly substantiates this point”.

The indigenous population has a lower average age of 21 years, in comparison to 36 years, which is directly correlative to the higher death rates, which are 1.9 times the general population. The contrast in the differed health status of Indigenous Australians compared with non-indigenous Australians can be comprehended by the considerably lower life expectancy, in 2010-12 the ATSI life expectancy was estimated to be 10.6 years lower compared to the non-indigenous population for males (69.1 with 79.7) and 9.5 years for females (73.7 with 83.1). Similarly, the ATSI population experiences higher rates of hospitalisation, suicide and most other major illnesses and disease (particularly CVD and

I live in Malvern, governed the City of Stonning Council and the Australian geographical postcode of the area is 3144. According to traditional Aboriginal distribution of population map, the traditional custodians of this vicinity are the Boonwurrung people (Clark & Kostanski, 2006). Based on a research report conducted by City of Stonning Council into its indigenous history, it has been found that Boonwurrung traditional boundaries are located around metropolitan areas of Melbourne,south coast and the bay region (Stonnington.vic.gov.au, 2015). The Boon Wurrang Foundation (2015) stated that according to their tradition,the land has always been protected by their creator,Bunjil,who travels as an eagle and by Waarn who travels as a crow and protects

The incidence rates varied depending on the type of cancer. Non-indigenous people had higher rates for:

The residential school era would be one of the most detrimental periods for aboriginal since first contact in 1492. The assimilation of aboriginals into the western culture is seen as one of the most colonial events in human history, and the legacy it’s left behind has left a people robbed of both tangible and intangible features of aboriginal culture. During this time, young aboriginal children were taken from homes and placed in overnight schools, where they would be stripped of their religion and culture, and be forced to adapt into North American European society. They would be taught the ways of Christianity, which according to European settlers as the “true faith, and only faith”, abandoning their Native American roots, in both religion

Indigenous: peoples in similar circumstances without respect to national boundaries or local traditions; it’s the most inclusive term. In United Nations documents, the term refers to “people with long traditional occupation of a territory, but who are now under pressure as minorities or disenfranchised populations within an industrialized or industrializing nation-state.”

While it is difficult to determine an exact definition for the term "indigenous peoples" due to the diversity of indigenous groups all over the world, there are a few traits that are common to most, if not all of them; indigenous peoples are descendants from the pre-colonial inhabitants of their respective regions, they maintain close ties with their land in both cultural and economic practices, they suffer from economic and political marginalization as a minority group, and if they define themselves as indigenous then they are considered to be as such (First Peoples Worldwide, n.d.). Indigenous groups are, perhaps more than any other group, deeply connected to their land. The connection between

Indigenous Australians, who migrated 60,000 years ago from East Asia, show that they are the oldest tribe in the world. Their history starts with

Indigenous people are those that are native to an area. Throughout the world, there are many groups or tribes of people that have been taken over by the Europeans in their early conquests throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, by immigrating groups of individuals, and by greedy corporate businesses trying to take their land. The people indigenous to Australia, Brazil and South America, and Hawaii are currently fighting for their rights as people: the rights to own land, to be free from prejudice, and to have their lands protected from society.

The Life Expectancy Indicator is a statistical measure of how long a person may live, based on the year of their birth, their current age and other demographic factors including gender. The Life Expectancy Indicator from 2014 stated that Australians were expected to live to be approximately 82.5 years old. In comparison to America’s record high of 78.8, this is a huge difference in time. I believe that the expectancy of life in Australia is longer than most other counties due to the Environment Performance Index that was discussed above. I think that there is a direct and precise correlation between a clean environment and a clean body. Overall, Australia is also less densely populated, even

Social justice is the idea that the distribution of benefits and burdens within a society will be distributed equally among all populations. If social justice is met all members of a society would be entitled to the same rights and have access to the same quality services. However, if we think back on the history of the United States and on the world in general, we can easily understand that social justice has not been fulfilled in many societies. Take the Indigenous Australian population and the African-American population residing in the United States for example. There were both historical and present-day injustices against these populations that have resulted in health disparities. While the historical trauma that led to their respective health disparities may be different, there are similarities in the challenges both groups face today regarding their health in comparison to majority populations.