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Which Australian Aboriginal issues are you familiar with?

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ABORIGINAL ISSUES

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Which Australian Aboriginal issues are you familiar with?

Nicole from USA Photography; Written language; Endemic disease
Nigel Mason from United Kingdom Land rights; the stolen generation; poor employment; continued prejudice
Anonymous The people are going extinct; they are dark skinned; they have history of exploitation; they have their own language
Oliver Kask from Estonia They wear white paintings; inventors of didgeridoos
Anonymous Stolen generations; Stolen traditional lands
Anonymous from USA Dancing; dreamland; music
Anonymous Loss of land; mistreatment
Pamela from USA None
Pamela from USA Land issues; cultural discrimination
Patrice Mahoney from Australia Constitution; Deaths in custody; Justice system; land rights
Anonymous from USA Rights in the country; land rights; human rights; children's rights
Patrick from USA Lost generation; loss of tribal lands by unscrupulous developers.; being regarded as low class people.; alcoholism, drugs.
Paul De Bono from Malta Land Rights; The stolen generation; Health and Education; Loss of Aboriginal culture
Anonymous Don't know; Don't know; Don't know; Don't know
Paul from United Kingdom Land misappropriation; unemployment; alcoholism
Paul from USA Dying society; there is conflict with contemporary issues
Anonymous Trying to preserve language & culture; keeping their land
Peter from United Kingdom Land rights; kimberly
Peter from USA Acceptance in general society.; Keeping their identity.
Ralph from USA Tent Embassy from 1972 to Present; Land Rights; Health and Education; Stolen Generation
Randy from USA Officially sanctioned lack of rights with colonization; High level of poverty; High incidence of infectious diseases; Lower quality of healthcare
Raymond Wouters from Belgium Geen; geen; geen; geen
Richard from USA People clear out the woods and make cheap didges, thus removing respect for the aborigine didges; None others
Richard from USA Being poorly compensated for the Crocodile Dundee movies; relocation; health
Richard from USA Removal of children to government schools; bad treatment of mixed children
Riley from USA Exportation of Didgeridoo; land and property of the aborigines
Riley from USA Genocide issues
Rita from USA Banished to desert; a dingo ate my baby""
Rob from USA Prejudice; Lost generation
Anonymous Discrimination; alcoholism; isolation; education
Robert from USA None
Robert Remington from USA Authenticity; Humane rights
Robert from USA None really, but probably displacement
Anonymous N/a
Anonymous from USA None
Ron from Canada Housing; harm prevention to those with substance misuse issues
Ron Lankford from USA Alcohol&drug abuse; Retaining culture
Anonymous from Australia The 'Apology'; Unemployment
Rual from USA Didj; clap sticks
Anonymous from Austria Loosing their roots because of forcing them and their kids into reeducation programs by whites; Alcoholism; Poverty
Anonymous from USA Loss of land; poor modern diet
Scott from USA The prejudice
Anonymous from USA Rabbit Proof fence movie; Crocodile Dundee
Serah from Canada Loss of land; loss of power; loss of freedom
Shannon from USA Learned about the mistreatment of Half-caste" from the movie Rabbit Proof Fence."; Land Theft & Racism from this site. It sound very much like the struggles of the native Americans.
Shaun from Australia Stolen Generation; Close the Gap; The NT intervention
Anonymous from USA Treated badly; children taken away from them
Anonymous from New Zealand ?
Steffen from Germany Playing Didgeridoo; Aboriginal culture; Dreamtime stories
Anonymous Stolen Generation; Reserves
Stephanie from USA Housing; money
Stephen Barton from New Zealand Loss of culture; music and story telling
Stephen from USA None
Anonymous Land eviction; Alcohol usage
Steven from USA None
Susan from USA Discrimination; poverty; employment
Anonymous Loss of habitat; loss of traditional ways
Tanya Devine from Canada Stolen generation; welfare; missions; massacre
Taylor from USA I've seen The Rabbit Proof Fence" - this is about all I know"; I would imagine there are some land use issues between the government ant aboriginals
Teresa from USA The stolen generation; Alcoholism
Tero from Finland All the things you've mentioned in your newsletter. After all, I've been reading it for 10 years!
Terry from Australia Alcoholism; racism; stolen generation; unemployment, poverty, health, crime, education
Thomas from USA Land rights; Water rights
Thomas from Australia Drug & alcohol abuse; access to health facilities
Tiago from Portugal Repression by European settlers; Didjeridu-related traditions; Ecological relationship with land; Dreamtime" stories
Tim from Japan Dugong hunting; Land rights; Discrimination and racism; Alcohol problems
Tim White from Canada As with all aboriginals displacement is always #1; acceptance within society; loss of cultural heritage with forced integration
Tina Johnston from Australia Stolen children; Land rights
Anonymous from USA Loss of personal rights; loss of land
Anonymous from USA Loss of land
Tom from USA Land and mining rights; alcohol and substance abuse; Traditional education within tribes
Anonymous from USA Land Rights
Tom from USA Land claims
Tom from USA Land rights; Alcohol and drug issues; religious rights
Anonymous Health; education
Tony from USA The extermination plan there was used in the USA; Non native people making native instruments
Tony from Canada Schooling; land
Anonymous None
Troy Ball from USA Poverty; poor health; substance abuse
Troy from USA Land; attacks on culture
Anonymous from USA Housing; maintaining heritage
Anonymous No
Anonymous Poverty; hunger
Anonymous from USA Aboriginal health issues; Education
Virginia Bleier from USA None; don't know a
Ward Welch from USA Equality with whites; Opportunity; Housing; Cultural Identity
Anonymous None
Anonymous Arise when people wish to use land for their own profit without regard for Indigenous Australian bel; Health issues
Willem from Netherlands Dot painting; Dreamtime ceremonies; Rock art; Sand (painting)
William from USA Mistreatment; land loss
Anonymous from USA Declining population; Urbanization
Wouter from Netherlands They are suppressed by the white australian people and have less rights; They have a lot of nicknames; They have problems keeping their own land
Anonymous from Israel Land grab in the past; Selling out of the Aboriginal culture for tourist or other economical reason

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