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    Aboriginals and the Land

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    ABORIGINALS AND THE LAND For a non aboriginal person‚ it is very hard for me to understand how vital the land is to the survival of the aboriginal culture. The Aboriginal people have a very close relationship with the land. They believe that he land was created by their ancestors for them and is very sacred. They also believe that the land is equal to them and hat everything comes from the same spirit world. The Aboriginal people passed down stories of the land through Dreamtime stories and artworks

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    Aboriginal spirituality is the belief that all objects are living and share the same soul or spirit that Aboriginals share. It is inextricably connected to the land which “owns” the Aboriginal people. No distinction is made between the secular and spiritual life. Aboriginal spirituality is a total way of life. The fundamental tenet that underpins Aboriginal spirituality is a concept known as the Dreaming. The Dreaming is a term referring to Aboriginal spiritual beliefs about origins of the universe

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    Aboriginal Medicine

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    health of the Aboriginal people can be attributed to the erosion of the Aboriginal culture.(chp.2). Restrictions placed on the cultural practices of the Aboriginal people ultimately led to the abatement of the Aboriginal traditional medicines.(p88). Losing their freedom to practice traditional therapeutics‚ the Aboriginal people eventually had to adapt to the culturally inappropriate ways of western medicines. The purpose of this paper is to examine the advantages of Aboriginal healing methods

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    Aboriginal Health

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    National Aboriginal and Islander Heath Organisation‚ which states that Health is a multidimensional concept‚ which embraces all aspects of living and stresses the importance that Aboriginal people place on being in harmony with the environment as well as survival (1982). This embraces the idea that health is achieved through implementing all aspects of living‚ including biological‚ physical‚ environmental‚ cultural‚ spiritual and politicoeconomic factors of living (National Aboriginal and Islander

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    Dicuss how aborinal spirituality is determined by the dreaming kinship- kinship ties identify a complex system of beloning and responsibilities within a clan. kinship ties govern the day to day life of the aboriginal people by determining issues from whome an individual is permitted to talk to and marry‚ to determining what are an individual’s responsibility is to other members in the clan. Significance of kinship ties Assign the responsibility to transmit the knowledge of the dreaming from

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    Occult and Lucid Dreaming

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    Do you believe in ghosts? Ever had a supernatural experience or seen something resembling a ghost? If so‚ in some cultures you would be classified as part of an occult. From many ancient cultures that practiced supernatural or mystical ways to a child playing with an ouija board. Occult is best described as secret knowledge and practices dealing with the supernatural or "knowledge of the hidden". In medical terms it refers to symptoms of diseases that are hidden such as occult bleeding. Many people

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    Aboriginals Essay

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    Aboriginals Change’s in the 20th century Australian government policy‚ and how these changes have affected the rights and freedoms of Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people had been exploited‚ treated unfairly and oppressed by people in their own nation‚ this took place during world war 2 and continued for many more year’s. Aborigines struggled to gain there right’s and to be treated as an equal‚ just like white Australian’s. White Australian’s believed they had greater natural abilities

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    Aboriginal Suicide

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    Healing: Aboriginals Overcoming the Hardships and Barriers Aboriginal peoples have had to endure many tragedies throughout history‚ which has affected them emotionally and mentally. It is no wonder that this group of people are amongst the highest suicide rates in Canada (Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples‚ 1995). This is a look at those tragedies and how it is tied in with suicide‚ also mechanisms used by Aboriginals to start the healing process. Definition of Suicide amongst Aboriginals Suicide

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    Aboriginal Kinship

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    Aboriginal Kinship Systems ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Aboriginal Kinship Systems Kinship is one of the main principles of a foraging culture’s social organization. The way they interact with each other relies on the relationship they have together. If one member wanted to marry another member of the society‚ they would not behave in the same manner as they would with a blood relative such as a mother or father.

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    Aboriginal Patriarchy

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    within the Indigenous community today. Aboriginal women‚ the center of this victimization face abusive relationships and households on an every day basis. According to “Racism‚ Sexism‚ and Colonialism: The Impact on the Health of Aboriginal Women in Canada” eight out of ten Aboriginal women reported victimization by physical‚ sexual‚ psychological‚ or ritual abuse (Bourassa‚ McNabb & Hampton‚ 2005). This rate is twice as high as that reported by non-Aboriginal women (Bourassa‚ McNabb & Hampton‚ 2005)

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