Australian Indigenous Peoples
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Institutionalised Racism in Western Australia
By: Lee-Ann Khoh
The Ward Campaign for Justice was sparked by the death of an Aboriginal elder in a prison van, the latest in a long history of Aboriginal deaths in custody. more...
Aboriginal Dreaming and Sacred Sites
By: Kym Hills
At the end of the Dreaming, spirit ancestors returned to the earth creating landforms and symbolic sites that remain an integral part of Aboriginal culture. more...
A Change of Date for Australia Day?
By: Natasha Malinda
Australia Day is a contentious subject for the country's indigenous peoples. The current political debate is: should there be a change of date for Australia Day? more...
Australia Day or Invasion Day?
By: Lee-Ann Khoh
Australia Day is celebrated every year on January 26 but for many Australians, it commemorates the day Aboriginal people were culturally and geographically displaced. more...
Aboriginal Culture and the Dreamtime
By: Kym Hills
According to Australian Aboriginal culture, all living things were created by ancient spirit ancestors. These stories of creation are known as the Dreamtime, or Dreaming. more...
Historic Maori Land Compensation Agreement
By: Judith Faucette
On June 25th, 2008, the New Zealand government signed a treaty with a group of Maori tribes, agreeing to offer reparations for land acquired in the 19th century. more...
Reconciliation and Colonialism
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Excerpts from an open letter to the Australian Prime Minister by Gungalidda Elder Wadjularbinna Nulyarimma in 2005, on the realities of reconciliation. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Amidst conflicting gender roles and stereotypes, Indigenous boys explore their options for becoming men in the modern world. more...
Howard and Aboriginal Australia
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
The record of John Howard's interaction with Australian Aborigines from 1996 to 2007 reveals an aggressive colonial agenda. more...
Wangkumarra, Native Title, Mining
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Mining giant Santos is ripping off the Wangkumarra people and destroying the land through petroleum mining and "seismic line" exploration techniques. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
The myth of Aboriginal genetic deficit is becoming reality through malnutrition and a plague of Syndrome X that is becoming hereditary through intergenerational poverty. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
An excerpt from Keating's 1992 speech at Redfern, Sydney. The political climate around Aboriginal rights has certainly changed since then. more...
Indigenous Cosmology and Science
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Aboriginal cosmology, dismissed as "myth", has a lot to offer science in the quest for "extra-terrestrial life and intelligence". The problem is defining the terms. more...
Pearson's Aboriginal Literacy Push
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
In Australia, millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent on a phonics program to turn back the clock on Indigenous education. more...
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