Borderlands E - Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-8
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Explores the dichotomy between cultural relativism and universalism and examines how these tensions are used to legitimize assimilation by the Australian colonial state.
Article reports on the findings of three case studies conducted in Australia, Mexico, and New Zealand; shows that health systems in these countries have not addressed barriers to health care arising from multiple factors (or aggravated forms) of discrimination, such as the intersection between disability and indigeneity. Makes recommendations for improvement.
Survey questions focused on four core areas: awareness, attitudes, perceptions and action. Sample consisted of 1,007 non-Indigenous individuals aged 18 or more and 617 Indigenous Australians.
Survey developed to provide a benchmark of progress towards reconciliation by measuring knowledge of facts, attitudes, and actions taken by individuals and governments. Sample was 1,007 Australians aged eighteen and up.
Argues that there is an over-emphasis in the Closing the Gap approach on equality between Indigenous and other Australians and too little emphasis on diversity and difference.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 16-17
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Summary of Baseline Evaluation Report provides snapshot of childbearing population revealing need for support and treatment, awareness raising, and professional education and training.
E Law: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, vol. 16, no. 2, 2009, pp. 38-71
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Discusses the historic compensation package agreed to by the Canadian federal government and the lack of any similar actions by the governments of the other two countries.
Australian Army Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Autumn, 2009, pp. 191-206
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Discusses how official policy changed from exclusion to inclusion of Aborigines after the high losses of personnel in 1917 and 1918 and presents a case study of the experiences of three Aboriginal enlistees in the Australian Imperial Force.
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International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 2009, pp. 43-48
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Author states that when local community organizations are empowered with the delivery of employment and training programs, the chances of a successful outcome is improved.
Opinion piece in which the author works to document their efforts to close the spatial distance between researcher and researched through a series of vignettes, and later reflects on the results of their work.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 32, no. 3, February 21, 2009, pp. 548-573
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Presents findings from 312 Indigenous volunteers who responded to the Measure of Indigenous Racism Experiences (MIRE) as part of the Darwin Region Urban Indigenous Diabetes (DRUID) study. Interpersonal racism was reported by 70 per cent of participants.
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 95-120
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Article looks at mission guest books from Indigenous reservations in Victoria, Australia in order to examine the mind set and fixations of visitors participating in mission tourism in the region.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 46, November 20, 2017, pp. e1408-e1409
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Highlights Saskatoon Health Region's external review into allegations of Indigenous women being coerced into having tubal ligations, and the interim report on the death of Brian Sinclair, who was ignored for 34 hours in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency department.
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 151-176
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Examines the construction of a homestead in Cambridge Downs (and its replica) alongside narratives which assert that the stout stone construction was designed as a defense against Aboriginal attacks, and considers other reasons that the design and materials may have been used.
Comments on an appropriate approach to Aboriginal art and the issues of art production, art reception and representation with specific reference to Bush Tomato Dreaming by artist Lucy Ngwarai Kunoth.
Journal of Ecotourism, vol. 8, no. 2, June 2009, p. 144–160
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Looks at the critical perspective on the capacity of Indigenous ecotourism to foster more sustainable lifeways in the hope of transforming the destructive nature of the Western environmental paradigm.
Article outlines possibilities for the inclusion of Indigenous Games and Sports (IGaS) across Australian schools; authors provide details on IGaS and suggest appropriate pedagogy for teaching purposes. Authors argue that inclusion of IGaS can promote inclusive classrooms and social justice within the school setting.
Lancet, vol. 374, no. 9683, July 04, 2009, pp. 76-85
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Looks at Indigenous notions of health and identity, mental health and addictions, urbanization and environmental stresses, whole health and healing, and reconciliation.
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies, vol. 1, no. 3, 2009, pp. 35-51
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Comments on the failure of the reconciliation process and the Howard Government, to recognize Indigenous rights such as sovereignty, a treaty, self-determination and land rights.