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US, Australia, Canada indigenous land rights laws lag Africa, Latam - mapping study - Thomson Reuters Foundation

Tue, 2016/08/09 - 6:00pm

Thomson Reuters Foundation

US, Australia, Canada indigenous land rights laws lag Africa, Latam - mapping study
Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON, Aug 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Wealthier countries including the United States and Australia score behind Latin America and African nations when it comes to laws protecting indigenous land rights, according to the first analysis of an ...

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U.S., Australia, Canada indigenous land rights laws lag Africa, Latam: mapping study - Yahoo News

Tue, 2016/08/09 - 5:49pm

U.S., Australia, Canada indigenous land rights laws lag Africa, Latam: mapping study
Yahoo News
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Wealthier countries including the United States and Australia score behind Latin America and African nations when it comes to laws protecting indigenous land rights, according to the first analysis of an online ...

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Indigenous referendum on 1967 anniversary date dumped - The Australian

Tue, 2016/08/09 - 2:09pm

The Australian

Indigenous referendum on 1967 anniversary date dumped
The Australian
The symbolic date of May 27 next year for a referendum on constitutional recognition of indigenous Australia has been officially abandoned — although the 50th anniversary of full citizenship rights is likely still to feature in the process, albeit for ...
Cause to celebrate: Australia's Indigenous population is on the riseThe Guardian (blog)
[ August 9, 2016 ] Get behind Census and improve our mob, urges Parker NEWSNational Indigenous Times

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Indigenous recognition referendum likely to be delayed until 2018 - The Guardian

Tue, 2016/08/09 - 9:30am

The Guardian

Indigenous recognition referendum likely to be delayed until 2018
The Guardian
The Referendum Council says the decision to delay the vote recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution will allow greater consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images.

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Indigenous Australia's Shared Legacy With Nagasaki's Atomic History - Huffington Post Australia

Tue, 2016/08/09 - 8:18am

Huffington Post Australia

Indigenous Australia's Shared Legacy With Nagasaki's Atomic History
Huffington Post Australia
A legacy of nuclear bombs is one the South Australian Yatala Indigenous community share. In the 1950s British nuclear testing saw nine atomic bombs tested on Australian soil in the Maralinga and Emu fields of South Australia. This forced the migration ...

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Indigenous recognition referendum unlikely to go ahead in 2017 as consultation continues - The Sydney Morning Herald

Tue, 2016/08/09 - 7:47am

The Sydney Morning Herald

Indigenous recognition referendum unlikely to go ahead in 2017 as consultation continues
The Sydney Morning Herald
Plans for a referendum on Indigenous recognition in the Australian constitution to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1967 vote on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights have been abandoned, as a consultation report is delayed ...
With a vote delayed, where does this leave constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians?The Conversation AU
Cause to celebrate: Australia's Indigenous population is on the riseThe Guardian (blog)
Indigenous referendum on 1967 anniversary date dumpedThe Australian
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Motorkite Dreaming: ultralight aircraft adventure leads to profound truths about Indigenous culture - The Guardian

Tue, 2016/08/09 - 6:12am

The Guardian

Motorkite Dreaming: ultralight aircraft adventure leads to profound truths about Indigenous culture
The Guardian
“The English had one thing in mind: to get rid of all the evidence [of Indigenous cultures].” Hill-Smith says the film is not didactic or forceful in its approach, but is designed for middle Australia, for audience members who haven't had much contact ...

Cause to celebrate: Australia's Indigenous population is on the rise - The Guardian (blog)

Tue, 2016/08/09 - 3:42am

The Guardian (blog)

Cause to celebrate: Australia's Indigenous population is on the rise
The Guardian (blog)
'Long regarded as Australia's Indigenous capital, Sydney has been surpassed by Brisbane as host to the greatest number of Indigenous Australians.' The Redfern Aboriginal tent embassy is seen below the city skyline in Sydney, 2015. Photograph: Paul ...

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Elder invites all Australians to embrace tradition of deep listening - ABC Online

Tue, 2016/08/09 - 1:30am

ABC Online

Elder invites all Australians to embrace tradition of deep listening
ABC Online
The tradition of Dadirri—deep listening to the land—is central to the spirituality of Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann and her people. As Rachael Kohn discovers, its teachings are also being adopted by non-Indigenous Australian Christians, who see the ...

5 issues that Indigenous students face globally — and how you can help - Mashable

Tue, 2016/08/09 - 12:05am

Mashable

5 issues that Indigenous students face globally — and how you can help
Mashable
Professor Chris Sarra, chairperson of the Stronger Smarter Institute in Australia, says Indigenous people know how to resolve the issues they face in education. But they need support. "The formula for successful outcomes is very, very simple, but the ...
UN Calls for Improved Access to Education for Indigenous PeopleVoice of America
UN Calls For 'Culturally And Linguistically Appropriate' Education for Indigenous PeopleThinkProgress
Canada's Acceptance of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Implications for the InuitThe Arctic Institute
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Digital Colonialism and the Marginalization of Australia's Indigenous Peoples - Hyperallergic

Mon, 2016/08/08 - 7:26pm

Hyperallergic

Digital Colonialism and the Marginalization of Australia's Indigenous Peoples
Hyperallergic
This choreographed bloodletting seems to be a dramatization of the colonialist period and the irreparable violence inflicted on the indigenous peoples of Australia. Networking the Unseen — an exhibition of works by indigenous and non-indigenous ...

What a wicked game we play with indigenous social engineering - The Australian

Mon, 2016/08/08 - 2:05pm

What a wicked game we play with indigenous social engineering
The Australian
The authors of the National Strategy for Food Security report found that eating food was important for the health of indigenous Australians, a conclusion with which it is hard to disagree. In the Northern Territory, however — unlike, say, Tasmania ...

Indigenous dads respond to 'racist' cartoon in Australia - BBC News

Mon, 2016/08/08 - 9:12am

BBC News

Indigenous dads respond to 'racist' cartoon in Australia
BBC News
Australian Aboriginal fathers have responded to a controversial cartoon by sharing family photos on social media. A caricature published by The Australian last week depicted an alcohol-swilling indigenous father who cannot remember his son's name.
Bill Leak cartoon in The Australian an attack on Aboriginal people, Indigenous leader saysABC Online
'Racist' cartoon stokes debate over treatment of Indigenous AustraliansThe Guardian
Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion condemns 'racist' Bill Leak cartoonThe Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian -SBS
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War declared on fake Indigenous art - ArtsHub (subscription)

Mon, 2016/08/08 - 6:11am

ArtsHub (subscription)

War declared on fake Indigenous art
ArtsHub (subscription)
The Fake Art Harms Culture Campaign calls on Government to tackle the problem of fake 'Indigenous' arts and craft being sold in Australia, and harming Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and incomes. CEO of Arts Law Centre of Australia ...

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Australia's youth justice scandal stirs race controversy - BBC News

Sun, 2016/08/07 - 11:38pm

BBC News

Australia's youth justice scandal stirs race controversy
BBC News
But this is only one scene in a terrible catalogue of videos shown on Australian television's Four Corners programme, providing a shocking insight into the treatment of children, many of them Aboriginal, behind bars in one of the wealthiest countries ...

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Gurrumul Yunupingu named artist of the year at National Indigenous Music awards - The Guardian

Sun, 2016/08/07 - 6:40am

The Guardian

Gurrumul Yunupingu named artist of the year at National Indigenous Music awards
The Guardian
It's been 25 years since Yothu Yindi's Treaty – which Gurrumul co-wrote and performed – broke ground as the first song by a predominantly Indigenous band to chart in Australia. The artist was in the news most recently when his doctor and manager ...
Gawurra feels the love with four wins at National Indigenous Music Awards 2016The Sydney Morning Herald

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Nine Indigenous athletes to watch in Rio - SBS

Sat, 2016/08/06 - 3:20am

SBS

Nine Indigenous athletes to watch in Rio
SBS
The second Indigenous player to sign with the American NBA, he was part of the Championship winning San Antonio Spurs team in 2013-14. Patty has also played in both the Chinese and Australian competitions. With the squad sporting more NBA players ...

The truth hurts – Harold Thomas wins award with Aboriginal art that is raw and real - The Guardian

Fri, 2016/08/05 - 10:14pm

The Guardian

The truth hurts – Harold Thomas wins award with Aboriginal art that is raw and real
The Guardian
A Darwin local, and a descendant of the Luritja and Wambai people of central Australia, he was just 24 and fresh out of art school when he put together the three blocks of colour – red, yellow and black – that would become the Australian Aboriginal flag.
Harold Thomas wins $50000 Indigenous art award with stolen generations paintingThe Sydney Morning Herald
Darwin artist Harold Thomas wins National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art AwardABC Online
Activist roots inform Telstra winThe West Australian

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Rio 2016: Four things you should know about Australia's female and Indigenous Olympians - ABC Online

Fri, 2016/08/05 - 8:07pm

Rio 2016: Four things you should know about Australia's female and Indigenous Olympians
ABC Online
Australia's Indigenous cohort, at 10 athletes, is the equal second-largest Australia has fielded, after Sydney in 2000 (12 athletes) and equal to Beijing in 2008. Here are four things you need to know about the history of female and Indigenous ...

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'Racist' cartoon stokes debate over treatment of Indigenous Australians - The Guardian

Fri, 2016/08/05 - 12:51pm

The Guardian

'Racist' cartoon stokes debate over treatment of Indigenous Australians
The Guardian
On Friday, veteran cartoonist Bill Leak defended his sketch in the Australian newspaper of a drunk Aboriginal father forgetting his son's name, after Australia's Indigenous affairs minister, Nigel Scullion, said he was appalled by the cartoon's racist ...
Indigenous dads respond to 'racist' cartoon in AustraliaBBC News
Bill Leak cartoon in The Australian an attack on Aboriginal people, Indigenous leader saysABC Online
Proud #IndigenousDads Respond To Bill Leak CartoonHuffington Post Australia
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