State of Indigenous languages in Australia - 2001 by Patrick McConvell Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Nicholas Thieberger The University of Melbourne November 2001 Australia: State of the Environment Second Technical Paper Series No. 2 (Natural and Cultural Heritage) Environment Australia‚ part of the Department of the Environment and Heritage © Commonwealth of Australia 2001 This work is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in
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Religion is a unified system of beliefs‚ rituals‚ and practices that typically involve a broader community of believers who share common definitions of the sacred and the profane. Anthropologists study religion because they want to evaluate the relation to other social institutions‚ and the comparison of religious beliefs and practices across cultures. In “Around the World in 80 Faiths‚” a faith that I learned about is "Islam and spirit worship" the sword stabbing ritual performed by the Bugis people
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“This is the welfare generation‚ and that is incredibly sad. That will be judged in history as being far worse; I believe‚ than the stolen generation‚ because we are literally losing thousands and thousands of our indigenous brothers and sisters to the effect of welfare- drugs‚ gunja‚ low morale‚ alcoholism. I see it every day and it can stop. The solution is education‚ training and a guaranteed opportunity.” – Andrew Forrest Andrew Forrest suggests that aboriginal Australians are worse off now
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Indigenous communities have been the targets of many groups that believe they are superior; this belief has resulted in them to be mistreated‚ and ignored. However‚ their principles have allowed them to view humanity differently and appreciate their surroundings. In the article‚ The Study of Indigenous Political Economies and Colonialism in Native California: Implication for Contemporary Tribal Groups and Federal Recognition‚ Lightfoot et al. showed that Native Californians lost their traditions
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Since European colonisation in 1788‚ Indigenous people have been treated as second class citizens by the Australian Government. Furthermore‚ Indigenous Australians have struggled with land rights and in numerous other ways in Australian history. The lack of Indigenous rights was most evident before Federation in 1901.They slowly began to gain rights after Federation. The most significant changes were after the 1967 referendum‚ which aimed to increase indigenous equality‚ following. Historical evidence
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Jesus‚ a Jewish man‚ started a new religion‚ Christianity. Christianity started to grow during the Pax Romana‚ a period of peace in Rome. The Pax Romana lasted from 27 B.C.E to 180 C.E. and during it government improved‚ literature prospered‚ engineering improved‚ and laws formed. The peace during the Pax Romana provided a time for Christianity to rise. Christianity spread rapidly and successfully in the 1st through 3rd centuries because it appealed to many people‚ missionaries could easily travel
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Living my life as a Christian Christians are taught through the teachings of Jesus and the disciples that follow him to love one and other and the God is almighty. There are many different forms of Christianity and they differ significantly from one extreme to the other‚ and they also differ from the modern version to the conservative. Just like in Judaism‚ Christians come together for worship and holy days. Most Christians reserve Sundays as their day of worship in rembrance of Jesus’ resurrection
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How the Indigenous people have managed the land The Indigenous people had successfully managed sustainable land for at least 40‚000 years. They had developed an ecological system using the knowledge passed from generation to generation. They didn’t try to make the land suit them‚ they suited the land‚ not trying to change it. They worked with the land and they created a sustainable environment. The Indigenous people’s resources came from their own local environment. They used the land and its resources
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From The Philosophy of Enlightenment - The Christian Burgess and the Enlightenment by Lucien Goldmann On Enlightenment v. Christianity: “It is both easy and difficult to speak of the relation between the Enlightenment and Christianity.” (Goldmann 50) “In analyzing the conflict with the Church we must always remember that the attacks the Enlightenment was making on Christian belief were not attacks on the faith of the pre-bourgeois period‚ the faith that built cathedrals and preached the crusades
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How the Lives of the Indigenous Changed “Don’t expect anyone to understand your journey‚ especially if they’ve never walked your path.” During the 1600’s Colonist completed a voyage to the new world in which it took them 66 days. Within the time‚ the Colonist managed to interact with the Natives the Colonist showed the Natives many new ways of living‚ including the many different types of tools that were brought along. Although the Colonists did not only introduced new tools and a different living
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