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    Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Fault Line Aljun Lagria 11117601 5 Pages Sept 19‚ 2014 The term aboriginal is used to classify the first inhabitants to occupy the landmass of what is called Canada today. The different indigenous groups classified as aboriginal of Canada lived a harmonious life‚ relying on the land and what it had to offer to suffice their daily need. Thousands of year later‚ Europeans of English and

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    fluid‚ it changes over time due to political and social reformations. Due to Australia’s heavily multicultural past‚ historians have been faced with the daunting task of accurately depicting Australia’s history. On the one hand‚ Australia’s Aboriginal history dates back 20‚000 years‚ on the other‚ you have European settlement that goes back roughly two centuries. Which is the correct version? National Identity is constantly evolving in the sense that curriculums are constantly being revised

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    Aboriginal people are the first settlers of Canada‚ including the first nations‚ Inuit‚ and Métis. Upon the arrival of the European settlers of Canada who came with their own civilization‚ the aboriginal people were considered ignorant and uneducated. These European settlers wanted to increase literacy at the same time making their culture dominant over the aboriginal people leading to the funding for the residential schools. This is where the aboriginal children were taken for education. This became

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    connection between the dreaming and the land rights movement. Aboriginal spirituality is determined by the dreaming. The dreaming is a complex concept of fundamental importance to Aboriginal culture‚ embracing the creative era long past of the ancestral beings as well as the present and the future. The Dreaming’s importance to the aboriginal people is emphasised through it providing for the obligations and responsibility of the aboriginal people‚ and furthermore accounting for their past‚ present‚

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    An Aboriginal Approach to Social Work Introduction Before I begin I would like to share an Aboriginal quote: "The Circle has healing power. In the Circle‚ we are all equal. When in the Circle‚ no one is in front of you. No one is behind you. No one is above you. No one is below you. The Sacred Circle is designed to create unity. The Hoop of Life is also a circle. On this hoop there is a place for every species‚ every race‚ every tree and every plant. It is this completeness of Life that must

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    (Kuhn‚ 1998: 30). The European invaders drove most of Aboriginal people out of the mainland‚ and furthermore‚ they took a lot of indigenous children from their families and forced them to work at white farms or stations. They did not even consider Aboriginal people the citizen of Australia until 1967‚ and this continued in some states until 1980s (Yunupingu‚ 1997: 63-64). D’Souza (1999: 26) claims that what European people have done to Aboriginal people is a ’genocide’‚ which can be defined as a crime

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    Protectionism: Made in 1869. Colonial and state government adopted the protective legislation and policies to control and segregate aboriginal people from the white population‚ and from each other. Enforced white protectors to who administrated the reserves‚ missions. Government made where they should live. They did not have any rights or independence. Movement of aboriginal. They need permission to leave or enter fence reserves. Were life was poor Leasure and sporting active. Tradition and culture

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    Throughout Australia’s history‚ Aboriginals have been treated with disdain and disrespect. Early Australian legislative principles have allowed Indigenous Australians rights to be minimal. However‚ throughout the past century acts have been passed which have allowed the rights of Aboriginal Australians to become equal with their counterpart. It is this hypothesis that will be investigated. Key events and people throughout the history of Australia have developed their land rights. These events have

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    through never giving up on their shared dream with Indigenous Elder Colin Freddie (ECF) to provide purposeful education to Aboriginal students whom would otherwise potentially become uneducated. The couple appear to promote the core values of Aboriginal Terms of Reference whereby they demonstrate self-determination in enhancing political and social development for Aboriginal peoples‚ they establish positive social change (Oxenham‚ 1999) by helping children to be released from the town where alcohol

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    Aboriginal women in Western Canada have been faced with challenges and adversity in many aspects of their everyday lives. It is important to identify and analyze some of the reasons why there are a high proportion of Aboriginal women involved in the sex trade in Western Canada. This analysis is to further demonstrate the state and society’s implications and effects on the lives of these women‚ and how they have shaped the world that sex trade workers in Canada are forced to live in day in and day

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