of the song tomorrows heroes by Jamie Lee Wilson and the Gowrie boys. Through the use of language features such as rhyme, emotive language and assonance, as well as the inclusion of visual imagery, I have concluded that the film clip for this song is highly effective in communicating the values of aboriginal people. This song aims to highlight the significance of family, culture and equality to the indigenous community. Film clips are traditionally used as a means of support to a song, with the intension
Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians: Avenues Toward Unity A. Introduction Indigenous culture is central to Australia’s national identity, and is fundamental in more than forty thousand years of Australian history. But even today Indigeous Australians are not formally recognised within the Constitution, Australia’s most important legal document, outside of discriminatory references. The two main sections of contention within the Constitution are the race power (s 51(xxvi)) and
the historical event of Indigenous Australian Land Rights a brief outline will be given followed by an analysis of the nature and impacts of these events. It is important to reflect on the relevance of educators having an understanding of the Land rights movement as well as present and summarise the arguments that support the teaching and learning of Indigenous Australian languages particularly in early childhood education Land is the key to the relationship of Indigenous Australians to understanding
Pearson Pearson’s speech oversees the importance of future reconciliation and our responsibility as a nation “for the present and the future, and the past.” In discussing the past, Pearson creates a division between “ordinary Australians” and Aboriginal Australians by consistently using second person diction “they will say” and “you have taken from us not just our land.” as it is important to highlight the areas of discourse and identify sources of conflict. Pearson then uses binary opposition to
imitation of the sound of the Khoekhoe language, but this term is today considered offensive by some. The Khoikhoi is also clearly related to the San (Bushmen). To separate themselves from the San who did not own livestock, they called themselves the Khoi. There is also a clear separation between the Khoi and the San (Bushmen). The Khoi is being referred to as nomadic herders, while the San is seen as the hunters. The term Khoisan can relate to
Indigenous studies at schools is provided for educating both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students to be prepared for their collaborative future engagement and for more general understanding of the knowledge, cultures, histories and contemporary concerns of Australia’s First People. Philip (2012) discussed how a curriculum can include the perspectives of Australian Indigenous cultures across all aspects of learning including literacy, numeracy, science, and the arts. He explained that the curriculum
from the language of the Ngunnawal people meaning peace, alive, wellbeing and coming together. Yet, the government should revise and assess the progress and achievements of these moves to ensure that the Aboriginals rights and needs are fulfilled (Calma, 2009). On the international side, the Indigenous people extended their efforts through a series of international conferences. Amnesty International move is committed to ensuring that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’
effects on the Indigenous health status cannot truly be understood by the western world and health care professionals. This report however, intends to inspire health care professionals to understand the development of cultural competency standards by health industry bodies and actively engage in cross-cultural interactions to develop higher level of skills in their community and practice.
entire world. Hundreds of years later on, the Caribbean population of today still takes part in the agricultural ways of the indigenous people. The crops which grew back then are still being grown in the modern Caribbean such as; sweet potatoes, tobacco, guava, peanuts, manioc, yams and different kinds of beans are just a few to name (Geggus, 2014). Along with that of the indigenous times, as the Caribbean grows additional crops, plenty more have been added to the vast list. Caribbean people have adopted
carried a belief that all Aboriginal mothers are not capable of being good mothers, the reluctance of the mothers wanting to stay in the hospital could solidify this stereotype in the nurse’s mind. These stereotypes are a result of the oppression of indigenous peoples through colonialism and the residential school system. Children were taken away at such a young age so they did not have good role models for parenting (Elias et al., 2012). Consequently, residential school survivors’ were likely to abuse