Book review of: People of the Rivermouth by Frank Gurrmanamana, Les Hiatt and Kim McKenzie with Betty Ngurrabangurraba, Betty Meehan and Rhy Jones.
Review located by scrolling to page 258.
Colloquium on Improving the Educational Outcomes of Aboriginal People Living Off-Reserve
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helen Raham
Description
Looks at the research in eight domains that influence Aboriginal learning outcomes; the implications for policy in each of these domains; and examines a set of ten policy recommendations to strengthen the success of Aboriginal learners across the system.
Presents two case studies illustrating identity politics in which Aboriginal Tasmanians are routinely immersed and then explains why and how the politics have developed.
Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 31.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, September 1987, pp. 37-41
Description
Recommends treating and curing sexually transmitted disease (STD) like syphilis, gonorrhea, genital herpes and genital worts in the mother before passing it on to the child.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 5, September/October 2010, pp. 36-38
Description
Concludes further research is necessary to determine whether a therapeutic approach should be taken with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, March/April 2003, pp. 4-8
Description
Suggests that certain factors occur with a greater frequency in the Indigenous Australian population such as obesity, diabetes and a lack of physical activity.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 161-178
Description
Presents some ideas from the author's dissertation, which stresses the importance of relationships and the merging of "formal" and Indigenous knowledge systems.
Argues that the relationality of Indigenous and non-Indigenous constituencies within the postcolonial nation in Australia has always been mediated by the discourse of race.
Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 75.
Examines reactions to the 2009 film by Warwick Thornton which is about bravery, hopelessness, optimism, and the struggles of two Indigenous youth, and the dialogues it has created.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 6, November/December 2010, pp. 22-24
Description
Interviews with students from seven different universities revealed insight into what strategies could be implemented to make their experience at university more positive.
Compares delivery of secondary education to Indigenous young people to other states in Australia and outcomes being achieved by remote and urban students.
Photographies, vol. 3, no. 2, Photography, Archive and Memory, 2010, pp. 173-187
Description
Explains the current role of the archive in terms of showing engagement between white settlers and Indigenous people and also to assist with the recovery of family and stories that have been lost through colonization in Australia.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 109-137
Description
Looks at how the concepts of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ can assist Aboriginal social work to address two key barriers that often impede Aboriginal-specific harm reduction discussions, widespread support for abstinence and prohibition, and the belief that harm reduction and Aboriginal culture are incompatible.
Issues Paper (Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) ; no. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nola Purdie
Sarah Buckley
Description
Explores approaches used to improve attendance and retention including rewards and sanctions, improved literacy and numeracy outcomes, teacher quality improvement and development of culturally relevant curricular.