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    Assess the effectiveness of the law reform process in achieving just outcomes in regards to native title Native title is a legal right on Indigenous Australian Communities to live on and use land with which they have an ongoing association. Native title has been an issue as its difficult determining whether Australia was ‘terra nullius’ and it wasn’t the Indigenous ad to prove they have traditional links with the land. The conditions that have led to reform to the ‘terra nullius’ claim were by aboriginal

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    Cultural Anthropology: Test #2 Prep (Chapters 5‚ 6‚ 7 and 8) This Study Guide is for your information only. It is not a homework assignment and it does not have to be turned in. Test #2 questions will cover vocabulary and concepts from the textbook‚ videos and extra articles. All questions on this test are multiple choice (four answer choices) or True/False. Read the chapter notes and pay special attention to the ethnic examples and special studies sections in your textbook. Original Studies

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    Indigenous Education & Perspectives Assessment 2: Essay Topic: The Stolen Generations ELA: Angela Perry Written By: Samantha Morrison Student Number: 100169529 WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following assessment may contain images and names of deceased persons. This essay will define and discuss the event of the Stolen Generations. It will analyse the nature of the affects and impacts of the event on Indigenous Australians‚ reflect on the relevance

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    History in Oceania (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press‚ 2006) 292 pages $22.50 In D’Arcy’s “The People of the Sea” he talks about the maritime dimension of Remote Oceania’s history on the period from 1770 until 1870. The study emphasizes Pacific Islanders varied relationships with the sea as evolving processes during an era of crucial transition”. This was the period as the eve of Western contact‚ but D’Arcy focuses on a pacific based perspective rather than a euro-centric one. In the first chapter

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    King Kamehameha was the ruler of Hawaii island even though he was not in line to become a high chief of any island. He eventually took over all of the Hawaiian islands with his incredible battle strategies and knowledge. His uncle‚ Kalaniopu’u adopted him and made him the keeper of the war god‚ Kukailimoku. He had many warriors and he also had foreign advisors that taught him foreign battle strategies and how to use foreign weaponry. Kamehameha was an effective leader because he was intelligent and

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    styles for many eras‚ music like country‚ and provided the primary language to American culture. Caucasian Americans have successfully meshed their many diverse groups in order to create a single culture that is unique to the US. 3. Pacific Islanders Pacific Islanders cover a vast range of different cultural groups and nationalities within the Pacific Ocean area from Micronesia‚ Polynesia‚ and Melanesia. Polynesia is grouping of several islands that form a triangle to include the Easter Islands‚ Hawaii

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    The Many Cultures of America American culture includes both conventional and liberal features‚ controlled and religious effectiveness‚ political structures‚ risk taking and free expression‚ materialist and moral elements. In spite of certain dependable principles such as‚ individuality‚ equality‚ and faith in freedom and democracy‚ American culture has a variety of terminologies due to its geographical scale and demographic diversity. The elasticity of U.S. culture and its highly symbolic nature

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    The colonial way of thought comes since the beginning of colonization when the Europeans established superiority in the colonies. Throughout the ages the small colonies suffered the consequences of the Europeans and their obsession to being better than everyone else. This lead that in the future of the natives of the colonies or former colonies to create a new wave of thought‚ it is called eurocentrism. Thanks to eurocentrism we have created a culture and society where we aspire to be European and

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    Marshall Islands: Atomic Bomb Testing AN350 - Usha Prasad Chaminade University Introduction This paper explores the documentation of the claims for diseases that were caused by nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. Many suggest that cancer and other diseases in these islands have been caused by the nuclear testing in the Pacific. I chose this topic because I was always interested in the overall culture of the Marshall Islands. I was raised in Guam‚ a United States

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    However‚ the disadvantages of pitcairn are a tiny island with steep steps‚ in adequate land for agriculture‚ and did not have any coral reef. Additionally‚ islanders was lack of fishhooks‚ so it was hard to find food supplies. The last island was Henderson‚ Henderson knew as the biggest island of the Pitcairn Islands. The advantages of this islands are resources(Many birds to eat‚ lots of seafood)‚ however‚

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