Essays on Aboriginal Rights

Introduction Increasing opioid dependency in the aboriginal community has been on a steady rise for years. Researches and academics are wondering what the possible cause for such high levels of prescription drug misuse could be caused from. However, if we look at the aboriginal community’s…

Throughout history, especially in the 19th century, Aboriginal people have faced traumatic events orchestrated by the Canadian government. This was based on a belief that Indians were uncivilized and were inferior to the White people (Bombay, Matheson, & Anisman, 2014).The main goal was to civilize…

Throughout Australian history, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have persistently fought and protested for freedom and rights for themselves and their land that the British people had taken in 1788. Forms of depossession was taken upon the Aboriginals as the British people believed that the…

East Section The Medicine Wheel is an important concept for Indigenous culture. The Wheel is a good representation about how Indigenous people see the world, especially how different things are interconnected (Joseph, 2013). The Wheel has four equal parts – East, South, West, and North,…

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS Establishment of Native Title Three basic requirements were enunciated to establish Native Title in Mabo No 2 (1992) 175 CLR 1: There must be an identifiable group, There must be traditional rules and customs, Traditional rules and customs must be in existence…

There are a number of polices targeted at Aborigines in Australia that has been changed since the end of World War for many reasons. These policies included: the Assimilation Policy, the policy of Integration and the Reconciliation Policy. There are also important Aboriginal Rights that…

Ever since the First Fleet landed on the shores of Port Jackson in 1788, the relationship between the Indigenous people and the settlers has been difficult. The Aboriginal people were subjected to relentless levels of racism and on most cases inhumane conduct from the British….