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    Levi-Strauss’ explanations of the roles and positions of women in kinship structures can be used to examine how female characters (and their actions and relationships) are presented in texts we have studied this semester (Weeks 2- 14). You must discuss TWO or THREE texts and make clear what parts of Freud and Levi-Strauss’ theories you are using. Sigmund Freud and Claude Levi-Strauss explain the roles and positions of women in particular kinship structures and allow their theories to be presented in two

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    The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) community constitutes approximately 3% of the Australian population. They experience a wide range of health inequities including higher mortality and infant mortality rates and a lower life expectancy. Individuals‚ communities and governments each have their own roles in addressing health inequities experienced by the ATSI community but they must work in collaboration in order to achieve the most beneficial result. Individuals are encouraged to reduced

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    they were superior to the Tasmanian Aboriginals. This belief originates from the work of Charles Darwin whose thesis on Social Darwinism suggested that certain groups of people are able to achieve an advantage over others due to their biological superiority. This governed the actions of many British colonists. When the ‘superior’ British interacted with the ‘primitive’ Tasmanian Aboriginals‚ there was a sudden increase in the mortality rate of Tasmanian Aboriginals. Moreover‚ James Barnard the editor

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    The Dreaming and Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality Traditional Australian aboriginal religion is a cultural belief system among indigenous Australians‚ and a key aspect of aboriginal spirituality is the Dreaming. There are many different aboriginal groups and languages‚ but the Dreaming is a common characteristic in all these societies‚ although they may have different names for it. Thus each aboriginal group has its own way of connecting with the Dreaming. The Dreaming affects all life

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    Aboriginal people are very passionate about their culture and traditions and believe that they are an important part of Canada’s past. Although their customs shaped Canada into a great nation‚ they are slowly fading into the background while competing with the French and English cultures. “Such an understanding gives no consideration to the presence and role of Aboriginal groups throughout history.” First Nation’s people do not receive a just amount of respect and equality in terms of their rights

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    The era of residential schools in Canada is one of the most shameful times in Canadian history‚ acting as a “cultural genocide” of the indigenous people. Cultural genocide is the systematic eradication of the traditions‚ language‚ and other elements of a unique group of people. The government of Canada sought to accomplish this eradication through the mandatory attendance at a residential school for all indigenous children. Without the guidance of their parents at such a young age‚ the adults in

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    Illustrious Roads University is a state funded college situated in Colwood‚ British Columbia. In 1995‚1995 Royal Roads Military College at Hatley Park National Historic Site on the Esquimalt Lagoon‚ was decommissioned and the legislature of British Columbia made Royal Roads University as a state funded college with a connected and expert degree-allowing center. Illustrious Roads University keeps up solid ties with the Canadian Forces and considers graduated class of RRMC as a major aspect of

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    A minority like the Hippies had an infamous reputation for “wreaking havoc” everywhere they went(go) and were once considered to be the pests of society‚ ‚ these “pests” hypothetically managed to change Canadian society in a way that most other influential groups/people failed to do . The Hippie movement began in the mid 60’s to describe a counterculture of people that rejected mainstream ideas and were associated with social or political movements of that decade . Hippy Culture originated in Greenwich

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    Folklore is the traditional customs‚ beliefs‚ and stories of a community‚ passed down through generations. Legends are traditional stories sometimes regarded as historical but unauthenticated. Myths are traditional stories‚ one concerning the early history of people or explaining some social or natural phenomenon. It typically involves supernatural beings or events. Fairy Tales are children’s stories about magical or imaginary beings and lands. Canadian Folklore is traditional material passed down

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    The Oka Crisis was a standoff for land that shook the country and the bonds between the government of Canada‚ First Nations‚ Inuit and Metis peoples. To clearly depict the degree in which the Oka Crisis improved First Nations‚ Metis and Inuit (FNMI) relations with the government‚ it is necessity to look at past relations amongst the groups and what caused distrust from the beginning. Then find the actions that lead up to causing the Oka Crisis‚ and finally by using all the collected information

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