The Sami People

During the Frontier period, Indigenous peoples resisted the non-Indigenous settlement of Australia, throughout 1770-1890. During approximately throughout the 1890’s to 1970’s, the non-Indigenous retaliations occurred, resulting in protection, segregation and the stolen generations. Which initiated an ongoing impact on Indigenous communities.

The Narrabeen man started his l as a costal dweller where he lived near the sea all his life. It was unusual that he was 183cm tall which is over the average of a aboriginal man. Unfortunately he died approximately 2000 BCE which was 4000 years ago. He died by 3 types of spears. The first one cut the intestine including the kidney, the second spear was thrown behind his spine and the third spear bounce off the skull. His body was discovered in the North of Sydney, Octavia Street and Ocean street near a bus shelter. The Narrabeen man wasn’t preserved that well because the sand was warm and dry, which covered the Narrabeen man and the skeleton was covered in sand 4000 years after he died. His body is now in the hands of The Narrabeen

Different ethnic backgrounds immigrate to Canada making it a very multicultural society. Immigrants coming to Canada have made it progress to a more multicultural society, making other nations believe that this is the case, however this does not include native societies that have been living in Canada for the longest period of time. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how Aboriginals live in Canada. This paper argues that aboriginals in Canada are not treated with the same equality as non-aboriginals livening in Canada, even though Canada is known as a multicultural society. By studying the history of Aboriginal settlement in Canada

The first paper by Ladner and Orsini, (2003) gives a detailed account, review and analysis of the First nations governance act. The paper reflects on the act and provides arguments supporting the fact that it is an example of a gentler, subtle form of colonialism that is still in practice today. It argues that although the government has well researched the problems affecting the first nations, it has not efficiently advocated the involvement of these people in their own welfare and improvement.

"Man corn", warfare and atlatls were not the only interesting aspects of the Anasazi culture. The history and lifestyles of the Ancestral Puebloans may have contributed to their mysterious disappearance. Their societies were more complex than most humans realize.

The way these bones were found did not indicate a burial. In fact, the bones showed signs of cannibalism due to the evidence of scrapes, burns and discoloration on the bone where flesh had been left on the bone. Researchers also found indications that intimidation was used to terrorize foreigners who were trying to gain control of the source of food

The Yurok tribe, although mostly assimilated in present times, has continued to thrive and protect their culture. The Yurok tribe has endured a sordid history. The tribe has suffered great atrocities at the hands of western culture. The Yurok went from being a thriving people, to being assimilated, almost to the point of ethnocide, (Kottak) and finally forced to live in a small area that was once a part of their vast ancestral land. The Yurok people have strived up until the present to keep their culture alive. In this essay I will be discussing what the Yurok tribe is like today, what problems they face politically and socially, and what the tribe is doing to combat these issues.

My Native American Tribe are called The Anasazi. The name of their culture group is Ancient Pueblo People or Ancestral Puebloans. The Anasazi lived in the Four Corners area of the Southwest United States, in what is now northern Arizona, southern Utah, southwestern Colorado, and northwestern New Mexico. They farmed beans, squash and corn, ate wild plants and hunted mice and rabbits. The Anasazi also hunted deer and bighorn sheep less frequently.

There has been a great deal of contention over Aboriginal Rights in Canada. Much of this conflict can be said to stem from the differences in both the philosophy and cultural systems of Aboriginal and non-aboriginal people, with much of it originating from the time of the original European settlement of Canada (UBC Law, 2009). The focus of this conflict has been primarily on the rights to land, sea and resources, as well as how the law is to apply to the Aboriginal peoples of Canada (UBC Law, 2009).

During the 1890’s and 1970’s, Indigenous Australians did not have equal rights as the ‘white’ Australians and were treated callously, anguished and tortured due to their race. The Stolen Generation was the event where children, who were of an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, were removed from their families. Many Indigenous children were forcefully removed from their families, never being able to see them again. The treatment towards the Indigenous Australian’s was horrific, as these children were taken away from their community, placed into an institution to be changed into the ‘white’ ways of doing things whilst being treated with brutality in the procedure. To demonstrate to what extent did the Stolen 3 Generation affected the Australian population several key areas of the will be examined. This includes; what was the Stolen Generation, when did the Stolen Generation start and when did it end, what was the cause of the Stolen Generation. how did the Stolen Generation affect the Indigenous Australians and the non – Indigenous Australians and how significant was the event to Australian History. Once these aspects have been observed, it will become clear that the affect of the Stolen Generation to the Australian population was a significant part of the Rights and Freedoms movement which change the way the Indigenous population were recognised in our society.

In Jared Diamond’s novel 'Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed' he discusses many civilizations that moved away from their homelands, grew in population, and then either failed or succeeded in their new environments. Throughout this essay I will attempt to explain the Collapse of the Greenland Norse, one of the many societies to rise and fall. The Greenland Norse faced multiple challenges including economical, agricultural, and unfriendly neighbors. Alongside Greenland other North Atlantic islands faced geographical challenges that lead to some of their falls as well. Yet, first I will discuss why the Norse left Scandinavia in search of new terrain.

This book is a collection of letters and papers of A.J Cotton, one of the “Wheat kings” who owned much land in the Swan river valley. His letters show that he many immigrants in his employ, include a large number of Doukhobors. I chose this source because A.J Cotton talks of the Doukhobors often and he describes their cultural difference compared to the other immigrants in his employ. He also shows some distain for their cultural practices, which shows how misunderstandings between the Doukhobors and the Anglo-Saxon governing body lead to the land management

Examining the ideas and beliefs within ones own cultural context is central to the study of Anthropology. Issues of Race and Ethnicity dominate the academic discourses of various disciplines including the field of Anthropology. Race and Ethnicity are controversial terms that are defined and used by people in many different ways. This essay shall explore the ways in which Anthropologists make a distinction between race and ethnicity and how these distinctions serve as frames for cross-cultural comparison and analysis. It is important to accurately define these coined terms before one is able to make accurate comparisons and distinctions between them, and their relation to the concept of

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.

An example of organization in a culture would be its pattern of subsistence. Though often secluded in its own category, subsistence patterns are a form of social control. Nomadic pastoralism is a subsistence pattern used by the Sami Reindeer Herding tribes, in Scandinavia. These groups survive through herding deer, and performing what is necessary to ensure their herd’s survival. The Sami migrate to different locations in Scandinavia upon the change in weather patterns, hence the term ‘nomadic.’ (Sara, 2009, p.152) Therefore, moulding their pattern of subsistence based upon the changing environment is essential to their survival and prosperity. However, in 1978, The Reindeer Act was passed. This act, ‘introduced the administrative deer herding license as a means to control access to reindeer herding management’ (pg. 156) Consequently, each Sami tribe was secluded to one specific area of Scandinavia, as it was their ‘Norwegian right’ to a stable occupation, and a ‘raised standard of living.’ (Paine, 2004, p.30) Being secluded to a specific patch of land, all year round, did not work in favour for the Sami. The physical environment in which they were placed did not suffice their nomadic pastoralist needs consistently. The summer pastures did not suffice in winter, and winter did not suffice in summer. The organization and control necessary for cultural prosperity began to diminish; their culture began to suffer at the hands of the physical environment, and