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  2. Alcohol and Native Americans - Wikipedia

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    Of all alcohol-attributable deaths, motor vehicle accidents account for 27.5% and alcoholic liver disease accounts for 25.2%. Alcohol-related fatal car accidents are three times more prevalent among Native Americans than in other ethnicities. Alcohol was shown to be a factor in 69% of all suicides of Native Americans between 1980 and 1998. [163]

  3. Alcohol in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol sales were prohibited in the Australian Capital Territory between 1910 and 1928. Four referendums regarding the prohibition of alcohol were conducted in Western Australia, including one in each of the years 1911, 1921, 1925 and 1950. In 1837, laws were passed to prevent Aboriginal access to alcohol as binge drinking became problematic. [6]

  4. Bidyadanga Community - Wikipedia

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    Bidyadanga, also known as La Grange, is the largest Aboriginal community in Western Australia, with a population of approximately 750 residents.It is located 180 kilometres (110 mi) south of Broome and 1,590 kilometres (990 mi) from the state capital Perth, in the Kimberley region.

  5. List of countries with alcohol prohibition - Wikipedia

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    Mexico (illegal to drink alcohol in public streets and to carry open alcohol containers in public) [29] Morocco (illegal in public; alcohol must be purchased and consumed in licensed hotels, bars, and tourist areas, and is sold in most major supermarkets [30]) Norway (only sold in stores within a certain time period on weekdays. Illegal to ...

  6. Aboriginal Australians - Wikipedia

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    Aboriginal identity has changed over time and place, with family lineage, self-identification, and community acceptance all of varying importance. In the 2021 census, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people comprised 3.8% of Australia's population. [1] Most Aboriginal people today speak English and live in cities.

  7. List of Indigenous Australian firsts - Wikipedia

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    First time Indigenous Australians legally allowed to drink alcohol in New South Wales (30 March). [52] First Indigenous Australian to have a number one hit on the Australian music charts: Jimmy Little ("Royal Telephone"). First documentary recognition of Indigenous Australians in Australian law: Yirrkala bark petitions. [53] 1964

  8. Let One of the Greatest Writers of the 20th Century Teach You ...

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    The greatest expansion by far has taken place since World War II. In 1947, U.K. exports of Scotch totaled 8 million U.S. proof gallons, a proof gallon being equivalent to a gallon of liquor at 100 ...

  9. Indigenous health in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Between 1998 and 2008 the Indigenous to non-Indigenous rate ratio (the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rate divided by the rate for other Australians) for infant mortality declined in the Northern Territory an average of 1.7% per year, while the rate difference (the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rate minus the rate for other ...