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. 2010). This disadvantage has led to barriers that prevent Indigenous youth from accessing and achieving justice. This essay will identify and discuss such barriers as the lack of legal representation and the use of discretion by
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Australia’s aboriginals has been the longest surviving cultural background in the history of the world‚ with around 2% of Australia’s population. Australia’s aboriginals migrated from Asia at least 30 thousand years ago‚ comprising 500-600 distinct groups. Their strong spiritual beliefs‚ tribal culture of storytelling‚ art‚ and history tie them together to their land. The aboriginals are characterised by having gods who created humans and surrounding environment. Each groups of aboriginals believes
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Did technology hasten marginalization of Aboriginals in Canada? In studying the early history of relations between the Aboriginal people of the country that is now called Canada‚ and the European newcomers from first contact to present day‚ it appears that more of the truth from the past is being revealed even now. Aboriginal philosophy and technology was vastly different and considered primitive to most newcomers but also was seen as brilliant to those newcomers that were able to understand
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culture and what it’s people stand for. Australian Aboriginal mythology has almost been wiped out due to the invasion of other cultures like Christianity. However‚ there is a small percentage of people who still believe in their culture and preserve it to this day (Australian Mythology). Australian mythology aims to explain the creation of nature as well as the idea of a single connectivity between all creations‚ creators‚ and time. “Aboriginal myths about the beginning of the world deal not with
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The stories can help students achieve these learning outcomes: • Develop knowledge about a number of Aboriginal Dreamtime stories from the Arnhem Land area • Interpret the symbolism of these stories • Analyse the meanings and messages in the stories • Understand more about the nature of traditional Aboriginal life that is reflected in the stories • Appreciate aspects of the Aboriginal Dreamtime and culture • Reflect on the relevance of the meanings and messages of these stories to
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Frontier wars would of been seen or felt the impact by every Aboriginal that came into contact with Europeans. The definition of a frontier war is fighting that happens on the border of the furthest extent of inhabited areas. A good example of this would be the Bathurst Wars which eventually become the largest military campaign to take place in our own country. The impact of the frontier war can still be felt today such as the destruction of sacred sites such as burials. The nature of frontier
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Historic and Social Aspects Report • Agriculture and History In the past 200 years‚ European farming practices have caused more deterioration of the environment than the Aboriginal people did in 40 thousand. Aboriginals had a strong spiritual bond with the land and considered themselves as the custodians of the land and that they belonged to it. The Aborigines relied on excellent knowledge of the area‚ resulting in sustainable management of the land. They ensured there would be resources
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Reflective Essay English Composition – Eng 115 Informative Essay LaTosha Dale ENG 115 Professor Polk March 10‚ 2010 The pre-writing strategy that I used for my informative essay is listing. I found this strategy effective because it allowed me to list my task from the begging to the end of my shift. By using this strategy it ensured I would not leave any of my tasks out of my paper. One thing I would do differently is give a brief description of
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The rights and freedoms of Aboriginals have improved drastically since 1945 with many changes to government policy‚ cultural views and legal rules to bring about a change from oppression to equality. Unfortunately on the other hand‚ some rights and freedoms have not improved at all or have even worsened. Firstly the change in legal and constitutional rights have been a great creator of rights for the Aboriginal people. Up until 1967 the Aboriginals did not have the right to be counted in the census
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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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