" What were some of the important links between Aboriginal culture and the natural environment before Europeans settled in Australia?" In order to answer the question it is necessary to be clear of the concepts that are to be investigated, culture, natural and the environment. So what...

Bringing Worlds Together Juanita Batzibal and Medarda Castro are Mayan Indigenous women working on Indigenous rights and identity with Community Aid Abroad-Oxfam's Guatemalan program. They visited Australia in July 2000 to make connections with our Indigenous Australia program in south-west Western...

Why is there a need for reconciliation projects within Australia? When Europeans discovered Australia in the year 1770, they declared the land terra nullius- uninhabited. However, this was not true. This erroneous statement was what led to years of violence, discrimination, massacre and racial di...

"Saving California Languages" By Katharine Whittmore Author Katharine Whittmore is a journalist whose work has been published in many of the country's leading magazines. While editing "American Retrospective Series", she became interested in the loss of Native America...

The powerpoint attached to this report on Indigenous service provision in Kalgoorlie (Goldfields), demonstrates that a plethora of knowledge can be obtained prior to engaging with any community by looking beneath the surface. A practitioner must make an effort to fully understand the historical issu...

Someone once said success has a price, while prosperity has a value. When comparing this statement with the benefits and pitfalls of Western expansionism, it is easy to conclude that in many cases the price that was stipulated by overpowering Western expansionism was indeed too high for the...