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This paper presents a unit on Aboriginal peoples of Canada for children 8-10 years old. It considers traditional tales of the Ojibway and also contemporary history books about the Ojibway for children. It examines these texts presentation of Ojibway culture and values.

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This paper explores interactions among formal learning, informal learning, and life conditions and opportunities experienced by Aboriginal people in Canada. It explains that Aboriginal people have many capacities, in the form of skills, knowledge and experience that are given little place or recognition in conventional educational and economic activities. The writer concludes that their educational experiences and desires suggest that all Canadians could benefit from greater integration among community realities, formal learning, and informal learning capacities.

Outline
Abstract
Introduction
Literature Review
Conclusion
References

From the Paper
"A great deal of attention has been given in recent years to what is commonly described as an education gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians (Wotherspoon and Butler, 1999). According to 1996 census data, approximately one-third (35 percent) of Canadians aged fifteen and over, compared to more than half (54 percent) of the comparable Aboriginal population, never graduated high school, while 16 percent of the national adult population, and only 4.5 percent of the Aboriginal population, have college degrees (Statistics Canada, 1998). Aboriginal dropout rates are reported to be double those for the general population, and Aboriginal school leavers are about half as likely to return to school later in life (Gilbert et al. 1993: 23)."

Tags:first, nations, educational, formal, informal

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This paper examines the book, "Aboriginal Siberia: A Study in Social Anthropology" by M.A. Czaplicka, and shows that the main argument that the author makes is that there are true aboriginal tribes of Siberia like the ones in Australia and Africa. It looks at how this ethnography is the first to portray and classify all the tribes of Siberia and how the author classifies all Siberian tribes into two groups, the Palaeo-Siberians and Neo-Siberians. It explores how the biggest part of Czaplicka's ethnology is devoted to describing marriage customs and ceremonies of the Siberian tribes.

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"The Turkic tribes are forced into endogamy due to their poor living conditions and extremely harsh climate, even for Siberia. The presence of bridewealth and dowry is a tradition that is shared by Turkic and Mongolic tribes, due to the common Middle-Asian roots. Unlike the Tungus, Turkic tribes try to preserve the virginity of the future brides by making them wear "chastity girdles"( Czaplicka,108); this is done to receive a higher bridewealth from the future husband. The Turks practice seizing of the bride just like the Kamchadal and Koryak tribes, however the bride does not try to get away but instead has a full consensus to being taken."

Tags:palaeo-siberians, neo-siberians, marriage, ceremonies

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Netolicky and Harrison look at the factors that contribute to the students' feelings of alienation in the classroom. Combining their research with knowledge about cultural influences on indigenous students, they present a program for at-risk students. This paper presents the study carried out on Aboriginal students and analyzes the program developed by the authors.

From the Paper
"Netolicky and Harrison's work involves the basic principles of refining curriculum to cultural backgrounds; teaching negotiation strategies regarding curriculum to students; responding positively when students request changes in curriculum; intervening sooner rather than later when students become disengaged or apathetic to the curriculum; and making use of support educational services as needed. Most of those changes are at least as much cultural as they are related to academics."

Tags:Australia, values, culture, school, learning

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In this paper the author questions the right of the "white" Europeans to take over and destroy the good soil of Australia.He questions the actions of the white Australians and highlights the history and rights of the Aborigines to his land, quoting many sources. The paper concludes that the Aborigines know the land better and he justifies their right to look after the land and not let it be destroyed.

From the Paper
" The problem with those of us who consider ourselves "civilized" and "up to date" is that we specialize, first in genocide, then in the rape of nature, and then create new specialties to repair the damage. Before the Europeans came, the Aborigines had no worries about the Ozone layer, or mastering a driver's test. Cricket, to them, was the sound of Nature at work, not some distant test match."

Tags:outposts, outback, land, civilization, virging, soil, rape

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The paper discusses how Adelson, a medical anthropologist, spent 18 months in Whapmagoostui, a small Cree community situated at the mouth of the Great Whale River. The paper relates that during the early 1990s, the traditional hunting and fishing lifestyle of that community was threatened when Hydro Quebec planned a large hydroelectric project for the area. The paper looks at how Adelson returned to the community each year since 1988 to study the health patterns and the health philosophy. The paper describes how Adelson used a holistic approach to health and maintains that health is a complex and dynamic process. The paper relates that Ohmagaril and Berkes (1997) also studied the Cree in other communities, and their primary focus was harvesting, but their study reveals important implications abou the concept of being alive and well.

From the Paper
"Adelson, a medical anthropologist, spent 18 months in Whapmagoostui, a small Cree community situated at the mouth of the Great Whale River. During the early 1990s, the traditional hunting and fishing lifestyle of that community was threatened when Hydro Quebec planned a large hydroelectric project for the area. Adelson returned to the community each year since 1988 to study the health patterns and the health philosophy. She used a holistic approach to health and maintains that health is a complex and dynamic process. Ohmagaril and Berkes (1997) also studied the Cree in other communities. They primary focus was harvesting, but their..."

Tags:cree, health, wellness

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This paper relates that the Aboriginals of Australia are central to defining anthropology and to our understanding of what anthropology can say about modern man. The paper goes on to discuss how Aboriginal religion affects every aspect of Aboriginal society and how Aboriginal paintings are a expression of their religion. Lastly, the paper relates that the very survival of indigenous Aboriginal culture in Australia is a source of concern for many people for a wide variety of reasons.

From the Paper
"Aboriginal paintings are expressions of aboriginal religion, of the Dreamtime, the recollection of the collective common story of these peoples. One of the remarkable features of this art is that virtually every aboriginal artist adheres to the same customs and conventions. This reflects that fact that art to aboriginals is not something that individuals do. It is a reflection of their common culture. While many individual artists may have different dreams and visions, the expression of their culture is so tightly bound to a common outlook and attitude that the commonality of the artwork is often more striking than the individuality (Price-Williams & Gaines). "

Tags:Australia, indigenous, communities, art

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This paper relates that social work in Australia, specifically in relation to intellectually disabled children under the age of six years old, is an area of services provision that yet has to achieve its maximum potential. The author points out that the proposed study design will be interpretive in nature utilizing a questionnaire for data collection, which will be coded, grouped and tabulated for analysis. The paper relates that the research will be used to identify specific unmet needs and for developmental planning to meet these needs, which is critical in Australia. The paper includes a figure and several embedded quotations.

Table of Contents:
Objective
Introduction
Identification of Stakeholders
Literature Review
Figure: Unmet Needs of Intellectually Disabled Children and Their Families
Methodology
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper
"One type of intellectual disability is related in the work entitled: "The Too-Hard Basket: Education for People who are Deafblind". The authors, Bidenko and James states that there are more than 70 known causes of deaf-blindness, with each cause brining a unique set of needs for the individual. Unfortunately, it is also related that the provision of education of children who are congenitally deaf-blind in Australia, can over the past 2 or 3 decades, be compared with that prior to 1750, of people who were deaf. Another problem that is noted in the country of Australia is the fact that approximately one in four parents was informed of their child's diagnosis by the time their child was three years old. Half the parents had been informed by the time their child was four and a half."

Tags:survey, deaf-blind, interpretive, planning, parents

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This paper is a research proposal that describes the demographic analysis of an urban aboriginal population in metro-Toronto. This proposal refers to previous census reports and outlines social contexts of homelessness and racism as important aspects for determining the exploratory method (not quantitative) of analysis required for conducting this study.

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In this article, the writer notes that the undertakings of dominant groups in Canada, such as Canadians of European descent, have systematically destroyed traditions, values, languages and many other elements associated with the indigenous population of Canada. The writer points out that the apt terminology for the destruction that has been wrecked upon the Native Canadian population is 'cultural genocide'. The writer then discusses that scholars have argued that the Canadian government and its European dominated population have perpetuated policies that engender genocide to aboriginal culture. In this study, the above areas are examined in detail to create a holistic picture of the cultural genocide perpetuated against Canada's aboriginal population. The writer concludes that it is now the responsibility of the Canadian government to rectify these wrongs through promoting greater efforts to increase respect for aboriginal culture and provide greater aid to their cause of re-defining and finding their lost heritage.

From the Paper
"At the core of Canada's aboriginal appeasement policy in the wake of land grabbing through Canadian migration, is the concept of reserves. The concept of reserves and "nation to nation" treaties are intended to preserve and promote cultural distinctness at the surface level. However, reserves face severe problems that have actually led to the disintegration of aboriginal culture, and in the final analysis, cultural genocide. Reserves have systematic unemployment and welfare dependency, and lacking a self-sufficient infrastructure forces aboriginals to live by the whim of government subsidies and general dependence. As a result, the conceptual understanding of reserves have changed form a Utopian vision to something that has changed dramatically, as aboriginals continue to migrate into city slums. Although a small urban aboriginal middle class have emerged in the past decade, the majority of Aboriginals still live in the shadows in created "ghettoes" in which aboriginals congregate. In essence the Canadian government has used its "reserve" policy to ignore the pragmatic needs of aboriginals, especially those who are force to migrate into the cities."

Tags:traditions, humiliation, native, population, abuse