4.1.1. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at its 62nd session in September 2007. (UN Portal) It is not a legally binding instrument but represents a very important political step towards a binding recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples. The declaration explicitly guarantees indigenous peoples - as collectives but also for individual members - a right to the enjoyment
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Indigenous religion refers to those religions which are native to indigenous peoples around the world. They are “descendents of the original inhabitants of lands now controlled by larger political systems in which they may have little influence.” In the second chapter of her book‚ Living Religions‚ Mary Pat Fisher takes the position that indigenous spiritual practices should be called lifeways and not religions. Lifeways are “a particular
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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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Position paper on the colonization of Sierra Leone European colonization of Sierra Leone had an overall negative impact on the state of the country‚ both economically and culturally. The first Europeans to discover the land of Sierra Leone were the Portuguese. This contact with the two nations happened in 1462 and was known to be one of the first contacts between Europeans and West Africa. Before the Portuguese discovered this land‚ Sierra Leone had a number of politically independent groups. Various
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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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relationships between Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australians. Education is among the most important factors in achieving relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Through the incorporation of Indigenous Education in all schools‚ Australian children will have every opportunity to learn and understand Aboriginal issues and history‚ which will help eliminate naïve and stereotypical perceptions of Aboriginal Australians in the future. For relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
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Indigenous religions are those that are not mobile‚ came into being in certain areas and have not expanded beyond that area. These were also more tribal based‚ with mostly oral histories. I find animism very interesting and it is a strong belief in many indigenous religions. Animism to me symbolizes the closeness that indigenous people had with nature. Respecting their surroundings was a path to sustainable survival. Animism capturers my imagination‚ because in today’s world there is very little
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is the need to accurately tell Indigenous Peoples’ history and the importance of fixing problems plaguing them. Throughout the story‚ it is metaphorically referred to as “fixing up this world‚” by the four elders. In their quest to fix the world‚ a creation story is retold many times until they are able to get it right‚ showing the need to accurately represent Indigenous history. The two articles mentioned Canadians acknowledging the treatment of Indigenous Peoples since confederation: residential
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thus improving communication and compliance; helping us healthcare practitioners utilising our skills fully in treating both Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients. But when it comes to applying holistic methods in healthcare in Australia‚ methods of treatment in Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australian patients are to be very different.
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The European settlement had a devastating impact on the entire Aboriginal population‚ not only those who died from disease and violence. This is despite the fact that some white settlers‚ including colonial government officials and Christian missionaries‚ tried to help Indigenous people. These people believed that the Aboriginal people were primitive and uncultured‚ and that without their help they would die out. Their somewhat misguided attempts to help the Indigenous people are known as paternalism
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