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    t h e s t o l e n g e n e r a t i o n Amid 1910 and 1970 up to 100‚000 Aboriginal children were taken forcibly or under compulsion from their families by police or welfare officers. A number of these children were taken at birth and in their childhood years. The babies and children were sent either to ‘special intention’ establishments or in later years especially‚ to foster homes. In a small amount of instances mothers or families knew where their children had been taken and were able to maintain

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    Mooradian 1 Creation of the World: Comparison Essay The religions Judaism‚ Islam‚ and Christianity all have similarities and differences based on their ideas of how the world was created. Judaism is based on the fact that God brought everything into the world (heaven and earth‚ mountains and rivers) and that Earth was created during the six days of creation. During the six days‚ God created everything in the world. The seventh day is a day of rest‚ and a day to worship God. The Islam religion has

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    Creation of the Whites (Yuchi)      The “Creation of the Whites” is a story about the whites coming over and slowly starting to colonize what they called the new world.  This story shows the whites and the Native Americans being very peaceful towards each other.  The whites ask permission to the Native Americans for about everything they do in the new world.  Although the whites try to be respectful there are still signs that they consider their selves superior over the Native Americans.      In

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    The organisation I chose to do my report on is an Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia. This is an Aboriginal community controlled organisation in its own rights. This report provides the organisations History their aim and objectives. Also‚ it includes the services they provide to their members and their contact details. By choosing this organisation‚ it will provide

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    Social Studies‚ I have learnt about the history‚ culture‚ and traditions of Aboriginal people in Canada. There were many different topics that were discussed including‚ Residential Schools‚ life on reserves‚ and missing Indigenous women. All of these topics contain information that I found extremely concerning and appalling. To begin with‚ I would like to discuss the conditions in which people on reserves live in. Aboriginal people living on reserves live in horrendous conditions. They live in small

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    Hir PEOPLE‚ POWERE AND POLITICS – ABORIGINAL ISSUES GENERAL OVERVIEW Dispossession The arrival and settlement of the British in Australia was not peaceful. As the colonies spread across the continent‚ Aboriginal people were dispossessed and displaced from their lands‚ killed in battles for their land‚ or by hunting parties. The settlers often resorted to inhumane techniques such as the poisoning of waterholes. The estimates of the numbers of Aboriginal people who died in frontier conflict vary

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    experience for the audience. Their works are creative and thought-provoking‚ contributing to a greater understanding and acceptance of Aboriginal values. The work of Ochres (1995)‚ a Bangarra Dance Theatre production‚ embraces upon the cultural and spiritual significance of Aboriginal life. Through the four colours of Ochres‚ each representing an element of Aboriginal culture‚ Stephen Page integrated contemporary abstraction in exposing symbolic reasoning. A correlation of the inspired traditional forms

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    October 31‚ 2013 Dr. Bill Dennison Doctrine I Herman Bavinck on Creation God’s creation of the world is one of the most argued topics in Christian circles. With the theory of evolution seemingly challenging the Bible’s authority‚ it is no wonder that many different theologians have their different takes on how to “interpret” the Creation story. Herman Bavinck‚ a dutch reformed theologian‚ believed that the Creation was a historical story because it laid the foundation for Christian religion. At

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    and protecting Aboriginal language. Then‚ I would like to discuss the examples of how we as Australians can be educated in helping restore and protect Indigenous Australian’s language and this would strongly be done through government policies that can be put into place. Our culture moulds our identity. Our identity is reflected in our communication‚ which utilizes language. Therefore‚ language and culture are tied together‚ which is why we need to protect and restore the Aboriginal Language. The

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    The Aboriginal people have been put at a disadvantage for years now dating back to the 1700s when the Europeans settled and repossessed their land through a loop hole in the Terra Nullius. In those days the Aboriginal people were not considered to be “people” by the European standards and were therefore treated as such. With no consideration to how their presence would affect the original Indigenous settlers of the country‚ the Europeans brought disease‚ infections‚ and other health issues that these

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