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    in Krakow‚ Austria-Hungary (now Poland) but lived most of his life in Britain * Known as the Father of Social anthropology * Written in 1926 * He did not participate in the activities; he was an observer only * Takes place in the Trobriand Archipelago‚ an island near New Guinea that is inhabited by a Melanesian community * The island has many lagoons and is very swampy * He states that from a superficial perspective you might see the Melanesians while trying to catch fish in

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    Indigenous health (Australian Indigenous Health Info Net‚ 2013). Although the health system is improving there are still major disadvantages with Indigenous Australians compared to non-Indigenous Australians‚ especially in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. According to Burchill and Higgins (2005)‚ although Close the Gap was

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    Promoting Indigenous Family Health Word Count: 1920 It is a known fact that Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander populations don’t live as long as their western counterparts as shown by AMA Health Report Card (2011). ‘Closing the Gap’ (Calma 2008) is a campaign aimed at a national attempt to support and bring equity in health to our Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander communities. In order to be successful in this we must identify the key issues causing this inequity and through public

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    workers‚ cultural safety in workplace and professional relationships‚ and partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. Therefore‚ it is important to understand their health delivery and cultural realities in work practice. The impact of events and issues in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history

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    letting him sleep on some straw in an abandoned goat pen. The Islanders didn’t give any proper shelter to the Stranger‚ not even a roof over his head. This shows how un accepting the Islanders are to the Stranger. These Islanders have being very un accepting of the Stranger by not giving a proper house or shelter “They took him to the uninhabited part of The Island” or “To a goat pen that had been empty

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    three reasons‚ it tells about the occupation of the Channel Islands‚ how the islanders had to adapt their life during the occupation‚ and how their lives were changed because the occupation. “Late in the afternoon of June 28‚ 1940‚ six Heinkel bombers attacked the island and many islanders were killed in the raids.” This was the start of the occupation of the Channel Islands and many years of hardship for the islanders. The Germans made bunkers that still stand as a reminder to the people the atrocities

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    their land‚ home‚ and family. The “White Australian Policy” is rooted in the oppression‚ which is the belief that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are inferior to white people. Calling someone an “Aborigine” brings back the years of racial discrimination such that one will be assumed by others to believe that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are inferior to Caucasians. At least Australia in the 21 Century pretends to believe that everybody is equal‚ however‚ the meanings of

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    Citizens Living on the Channel Islands once They were Invaded by the German Army?”. Historians’ studies have diverged on their interpretation of this World War II event. To evaluate England’s extent of negligence‚ the living conditions of the Channel Islanders under German occupation are compared to those of the citizens living on mainland Britain. British negligence is primarily addressed before the invasion of the Channel Islands‚ during occupation‚ and after recapture of the Islands. Diary entries are

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    order if they are familiar with each other’s emotion before)‚ Ekman and Friesen need to find a most isolated civilization to participate in this experiment with Western culture‚ and finally they find the islanders on New Guinea. Experimenter assigns islanders into two groups: One group of islanders

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    This sarcastic technique is used toBy relating an obstacle Easter Island’s society faced with our society‚ Diamond justifies their actions. Since we are close to the conlusion of the piece‚ Diamond wants to clear up any doubt on may have about the islanders. Diamond concludes with such a harsh statement to further imply how resource management in our society needs to be taken seriously. Though this comparison was only a paragraph long‚ the idea of our society collapsing because of limited resources

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