The issue of violence against Aboriginal women is my chosen subtopic that strongly contributes to the history of Aboriginal women’s struggle for rights and identity in Canada. To search relevant newspaper articles for this topic‚ the databases that were used were Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe‚ as well as Canadian Newsstand Major Dailies. The reason these two databases were chosen was because Canadian Newsstand offered articles from multiple newspapers in the country‚ therefore providing me with diverse
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Current Issues With Integrating Aboriginal Content in Canada Ontario‚ the province with the largest population of aboriginals‚ put forth an educational framework that suggested a need for a curriculum that incorporated Aboriginal cultures and perspectives in order to improve Aboriginal student learning outcomes (Kim‚ 2015). Kim (2015) analyzed the Ontario grades 7-12 textbooks in order discover the extent and quality of aboriginal content within the Ontario science curriculum documents. From
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Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse. The 2007 inquiry into The Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse was prompted after a number of allegations were made relating to the sexual abuse of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory. Also known as the Little Children are Sacred‚ the purpose of the inquiry was to investigate child sexual abuse allegations in Aboriginal communities and identify improved means to protect Aboriginal children from such abuse
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Aboriginal law had lasted for hundreds of years before white settlement of Australia in 1788. The laws were based from the Dreamtime and were formed by ancestors‚ spirits and Aboriginal beliefs. These laws were passed down by a word-of-mouth tradition and as there were many different tribes consisting of many clans spread out over a large area‚ separate laws were adapted to specific tribes and areas. Aboriginal customary laws were developed and based on the aboriginal relationship to the land as
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“Why do Aboriginal people have an unbroken and ongoing connection with the City of Sydney”. Discuss this statement in relation to an ‘Aboriginal Sydney’ event/exhibition/artifact. The city of Sydney is home to the largest Aboriginal population‚ which have maintained a living‚ continuous‚ day-to-day connection with the place for over 60‚000 years. While the European invasion aimed to destroy any remains of this race‚ their strong spiritual presence remains unbroken. A major reason for the ongoing
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The impact on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders when Europeans settled continues in the present-day. This stems back to the past Government policies that were in place. Even though issues from the past history have been resolved it doesn’t delete it. It is visible that many Aboriginal people still encounter drawbacks due to the forced resettlements‚ children placed in institutions‚ land loss and being supplied with alcohol. Aboriginal people knew of alcohol drinks produced by various plants
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Contribution for Canadian Identity‚ Aboriginal Soldiers‚ First and Second World Wars Throughout history‚ Canadian aboriginals have not been recognized for their contribution‚ sacrifices‚ and involvement in Canadian war efforts. During the First and Second World Wars‚ many aboriginals enlisted themselves in the services for the Canadian Armed Forces. In World War I‚ aboriginal soldiers like Corporal (Cpl). Francis Pegahmagabow and Henry Norwest helped advance the Canadian identity
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Aboriginal Storytelling Culture Every society in the world‚ past and present‚ has had its stories and storytellers. Storytelling is an oral sharing of personal or traditional stories and is one of the earliest art forms. Some honoured Aboriginal storytellers orally shared stories and others used sand paintings and pictures drawn on animal hides‚ and stones to illustrate the stories as they retold them. B.C.’s First Nations have relied on the oral transmission of stories‚ histories‚ lessons and other
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However some solutions I think will work are mentioned later on‚ which I think could possibly help future generations to come. Education and high unemployment are all issues that the indigenous aboriginals face. They have the lowest attendance rates and this leads onto high unemployment rates. Some aboriginals do not believe in European education‚ and others it is sometimes too far for them to travel to get proper education. This all has future effects on the children that do not attend school‚ as they
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Aboriginal Education I am a student and a pre-service teacher in Australia. I have been lucky to have had a quality education. I am looking forward to graduate and become a full time teacher. It has been a rather challenging experience since people from my race still face some inequalities albeit minor in various sectors including education. I have always wondered what the source of these inequalities were and thus decided to carry out a study in the history of Australia in general but in particular
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