Name and Country |
Which Australian Aboriginal issues are you familiar with? |
| Anonymous |
None |
| Anonymous |
Marginalization in Australian society; Loss of ancestral land |
| Anonymous from USA |
Spirituality (Keepers of Dreamtime); Water rights; Land rights |
| Gary from USA |
Land grabs; having taken children and put them in schools to orient" them to the "mainstream""; continuing discrimination problems |
| George Brock from USA |
The aboriginal people not respected or honored; unaware; unaware; unaware |
| Anonymous from USA |
Didj makers and trade issues; drinking |
| Graeme from USA |
Stolen generation; Government housing; urban issues; alcohol/physical abuse in aboriginal society |
| Graeme White from United Kingdom |
Alcoholism; Unemployment; Land rights |
| Greg from Australia |
Land rights; alcoholism; health; homelessness |
| Gypsy Mama from Canada |
Mostly that Australian Aboriginals have similar issues as Canadian aboriginals.; health issues re: alcohol, processed foods.; 'imposition' of society values and judgments of nonconforming |
| Howard Williamson from USA |
Trying to fit into modern culture; alcohol |
| Anonymous |
Poverty; relocation |
| Ian from USA |
Encroachment on sacred lands; Education |
| Ilias from France |
Racism; money and western culture |
| Jaime-lynn from USA |
Health issues, including drugs; Poverty; Imprisonment at high rates |
| James Byron from United Kingdom |
The stolen generation; Land theft & Mabo v Queensland; Voting rights of Aboriginal people; Ongoing racism |
| James from USA |
Poverty; land problems; human rights issues; discrimination |
| James from USA |
Racism; Poverty; crime |
| Anonymous from USA |
Not sure |
| Jan from Australia |
Land rights & representation; Health rights & representation; Community rights & representation; Education rights & representation |
| Janene from Australia |
Health problems; dying at a younger age than the average; housing; land rites |
| Jason from Australia |
Housing; alcohol problems; Health; drugs |
| Jeff from USA |
Displacement by the europeans; victims of racism and slavery |
| Anonymous from USA |
Land rights; Preserving culture; Education |
| Jeffrey from USA |
Aboriginal Rights; Land Rights |
| Jeffrey from USA |
Educational; health; political |
| Jenni Abbott from Australia |
Health; Alcohol & Drug; Land Titles; Work |
| Jennifer from USA |
None |
| Anonymous |
None |
| Anonymous from Netherlands |
Underpayment (for Didjes); Racism |
| Jessica from USA |
Health; Education; Poverty; Stolen Generations |
| Anonymous from USA |
Genocide; health |
| Joan from USA |
Stolen children; health and educational issues |
| Joanne from Australia |
Mabo; the stolen generation |
| Joe from USA |
Land Rights; Civil Rights; Segregation |
| Anonymous |
British; lands |
| Joey Terhljan from Canada |
Loss of land.; Discrimination of the aboriginal peoples; loss of traditional ways of living |
| Johan Thaens from Belgium |
Racial discrimination act 1975; stolen generations; mabo decision 1992 |
| Anonymous |
Health issues; Poverty; Substance abuse |
| John (no Kidding!) from Canada |
Cultural heritage; Land rights; basic equality issues |
| John from USA |
Discrimination; none |
| Anonymous |
The Tommy Emanuel songs; Midnight Oil |
| Jonathan from Australia |
Land Rights; The Stolen Generation; Societal Discrimination |
| Joni from Finland |
Lost generation; Racism in modern Australia |
| Jonny Monument from United Kingdom |
Ongoing racism; The Stolen Generation; Intellectual Property theft; Alcohol addiction |
| Anonymous from USA |
Their land was taken; The Stolen Generation; Racism; Poverty/Cultural Strife |
| June from USA |
Poverty; Lost heritage |
| Justin Castillo from USA |
The half-caste kids; Rabbit-Proof Fence |
| Kai Lehrke from Canada |
Lost generation; Displacement; Education; Not appreciated |
| Karolina from USA |
Stolen Generations; Political Representation |
| Anonymous |
Women not really supposed to play didge; australian government finally apologising to aboriginals |
| Keith from United Kingdom |
The stolen generations; equal rights; land rights |
| Anonymous |
None, sorry; none, sorry |
| Ken from USA |
None |
| Kenny Elvin from USA |
The stealing of babies that took place years ago; Land displacement and ownership problems and adjustments; copy of Australian Art and Craft exploitation |
| Anonymous from USA |
Racism; Land rights |
| Anonymous |
Culture loss due to the stolen generations""; crimes rates in urbanized aboriginals are very high |
| Kim from USA |
Alcohol; low pay; land preservation |
| Anonymous |
Big companies pushing the people/tribes off of their land for mining purposes; Out siders killing the trees to build didgeridoos and selling them saying they are aboriginal |
| Anonymous from Australia |
Alcoholism; land issues; lost generation; racism |
| Anonymous |
Na; na; na |
| Anonymous from United Kingdom |
Alcohol problems; Stolen Generation |
| Lee Chang from Japan |
Land Rights; Infant and other mortality; Deaths in custody; Alcoholism, access to tertiary education |
| Lee from Australia |
The stolen generation; lower life expectancy |
| Anonymous |
Expulsion of Aboriginal; uninterested of Australian Aboriginal |
| Les from USA |
Representation in the Australian government.; The preservation of their way of life. |
| Liela Ross from USA |
Racism; equal rights |
| Anonymous |
None |
| Anonymous |
Taboos; tribal rules; trading rules |
| Luca from Italy |
Didgeridoo; no other |
| Anonymous from Australia |
The stolen generation; Land rights; Domestic violence against women |
| Luz from Italy |
Didgeridoo music; aboriginal art; mythology |
| Maeve from Ireland |
Lost culture; Bank issues |
| Marc from Canada |
Land issues; Human Rights |
| Margaret from USA |
Land has been taken from them; not treated well by the whole |
| Mark from USA |
Respect for the land; respect for heritage |
| Martin Donnelly from Thailand |
Lack of political power; Alcoholism; Racism |
| Anonymous from United Kingdom |
Land; Alcohol; Integration (or not) |
| Anonymous from Canada |
Progression of western culture into ancient ways; cutting down of forests, destruction of farmland |
| Anonymous |
None |
| Anonymous |
Land Theft; Racism |
| Anonymous |
Didgeridoo; boomerang |
| Melissa from USA |
Population decline; The robbing of aboriginal graves |
| Michael Lipson from USA |
Land use; poverty |
| Michael from Ireland |
Land rights; rights to practice their culture |
| Anonymous from USA |
Aborigines supplying instruments; Getting land taken away |
| Anonymous |
Health; arise when people wish to use land for their own profit without regard for Indigenous Australian bel |
| Mike Clayton from United Kingdom |
Lack of rights in constitution; alcohol/drug misuse; justice issues |
| Miroslav Miskovic from Serbia |
Higher mortality rate because of health issues; lower education rate; children's health issues |
| Anonymous |
Water shortage; wild life |
| Nancy from USA |
Land struggles; civil rights violations |
| Anonymous |
Poverty; lack of education |
| Anonymous |
None |
