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Sun. Aug. 9, 2009
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Family > Your Society
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Families Torn Apart
Voices: The Indigenous People of Australia
In Focus
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August 09th is the U.N. Day of Indigenous Peoples, but what does that mean in a globalized world? Here we take a look at the indigenous peoples of Australia known as Aborigines. However to them, 'aborigine' signifies the dawn of their oppression as a result of colonization. In fact, they have many names, according to clan, not according to nationhood, as they do have a generic name. As a part of their struggle for human rights, they have taken the name 'Koori', which is the name of one of their clans in the south east. Koori represents the name they have stgruggle under for recognition in their own land, as a people with a different world view of their own.
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In The Beginning....
"Aborigine" is the name that they were given by their occupiers, but they have many languages (200 distinct languages before 1788), many clans or tribes each with their own name. At the core of their core philosophy was to live in peace with the land, and its life forms. The land could be cultivated, animals hunted, and…
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Their Story
The colonization of Australia in 1788 onwards was based on the false premise of Terra Nullius, or vacant land. Yet, in the record of Captain Cook, and many other explorers, there are numerous confirmations of sightings of the Koori, and in fact Captain Cook even bartered with them in what is now known as North...
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Traditions & Kinship Ties
Kinship, like everywhere else, is based upon blood relations, marriage, all those of the same culture and linguistic grouping. The native Australian is divided into clans, even within the same language group. This system dictates who may marry whom – which prevents incest, and leads to forming strong bonds across clans through…
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The Stolen Generation
With legal mandates, thousands of Koori children were forcibly separated from their families, taken to government and missionary institutions, and adopted into white families.It was the Aborigines Protection Act of 1909 that sanctioned this form of ethnic cleansing between 1909 and 1969.The children were…
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Reclaiming Identity through Islam
Forced into a kind of non-existence, over a long period of time is enough to move anyone to search for a sense of worth. For some, this search ended in their conversion to Islam. Below, are the voices of Kooris, which give an insight into their search, and the treasure that they have found Justin …
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