stereotypes about Aboriginality means that certain aspects of Aboriginal culture his been lost or significantly altered. Disconnection from cultural aspects hampered the identity of many Aboriginal people; one of these aspects being language. (Clark‚ 2000). Language carries cultural knowledge‚ so the loss of a language means the loss of culture‚ of Aboriginal people’s connection to their ancestors. This loss has the potential to impact on Aboriginal people’s health and well-being. The First Australians collectively
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An essay on The Chieftest Mourner by Aida Rivera-Ford The short story focuses on Filipino conventions during the wake of loved ones. It’s also a twist of Filipino stereotypes regarding social conventions such as the ‘kabit’ or the second wife/mistress‚ as compared to the first wife. The story is narrated in a somewhat unbiased‚ childlike tone but it’s actually flavored with insight and implicit descriptions that shows the protagonist’s maturity. There is a good balance of insight‚ as if to give
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Migration When the Light of Home is Abroad: Unskilled Female Migration and the Filipino Family * The article focuses on the Filipino female population migrating to Singapore and the difficulties they face while in their host country. Through interviews and extensive research the authors explore the relationships between Filipino migrant women and their families. The authors state‚ “Specifically‚ we explore how migrant women and their family members define and negotiate family ideals
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events during ’contact’ had lasting impacts on the First Nations. The notion of wealth‚ the growing dependence on Europeans‚ and Smallpox were all events that had lasting impacts on the First Nations culture even to this day. A large impact on Aboriginal peoples was their growing dependency on European culture. Tobacco was considered a sacred medicine and the First Nations people relied on the Europeans to provide it for them. The First Nations became extrememly dependent on the Europeans for items
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Kinship – a social institution The Ju’hoansi people are from Botswana Africa. Their kinship system is definitely a social institution in the eyes of Canadian anthropologist‚ Richard Lee. Lee wrote his ethnography The Dobe Ju/’hoansi based on his fieldwork from the 1960s all the way up to the present day. Lee’s anthropological perspective is a materialistic view and his theory is cultural ecology. Cultural ecology is a theory in which the environment determines the culture. The Ju/’hoansi live in
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forced removal of children Broader socio-political factors that contribute to emotional n physical spiritual wellbeing Forced urbanization and the stolen generation So many Threats experienced to their psychosocial development Family community and kinship connections are a fundamental part of life No cultural sensitivity their needs aspirations values traditions Barriers no support for positive development Life of sustainability in variable primary production Theirs a sparse mobile population positive
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Indigenous Youth & Criminal Law Institutions Introduction Indigenous Australian youth experience high levels of disadvantage and injustice in today’s society in a variety of areas. One area of significant disadvantage involves their contact with criminal law institutions. Indigenous youth come into contact with the criminal justice system (CJS) at a consistently higher rate than that of non-Indigenous youth and are significantly over-presented in court cases and community detention (Allard et al
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Pete Blankenship Mr. Letz English 101 25 September 2012 My Life Goals I’m eighteen years old and my birthday is on February 23‚ 1994. My name is Thomas Earl Blankenship IV‚ but I go by Pete. I am from Mobile‚ Alabama and I live on Dog River. I played soccer‚ basketball‚ and ran cross country in high school. Soccer is my favorite sport and the team I was on in high school won the state championship twice‚ and I got named MVP the past two seasons. I have two little brothers Murray(17)
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Bibliography: ABS (September 2013). Measures of Australian progress. Retrieved September‚ 2013‚ from http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/1370.0~2010~Chapter~Aboriginal%20and%20Torres%20Strait%20Islander%20peoples%20(4.4.6.2 Press‚ R. W. (Septemeber 2013). Stolen Generations Fact Sheet. Retrieved September‚ 2013‚ from http://reconciliaction.org.au/nsw/education-kit/stolen-generations/#impact Australian Human Rights
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Discuss the continuing effect of dispossession on aboriginal spiritualties in relation to: * separation from the land * separation from kinship groups * the Stolen Generations Dispossession is the process of the removal of a person or group from land‚ through the process of law. This dispossession has had a continuing damaging effect through a loss of spiritualties. Separation from the land meant that cultural practices and ceremonies associated with the land could not be
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