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[63] [64] While some preferred the term Aborigine to Aboriginal in the past, as the latter was seen to have more directly discriminatory legal origins, [63] use of the term Aborigine has declined in recent decades, as many consider the term an offensive and racist hangover from Australia's colonial era. [65] [66]
ATSI may refer to: Atsi, another name for the Zaiwa language of China and Burma; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the first peoples of Australia. The ATSI abbreviation is often considered disrespectful. Ahtna Technical Services Incorporated a subsidiary of Ahtna, Incorporated; NLR Air Transport Safety Institute
Note: It is acceptable to use abbreviations in your communications when they form part of an acronym, a web address or an organisation (e.g. AIATSIS, NAIDOC, www.atsi.org.au). Using an acronym or abbreviation to describe a race of people can be offensive and discriminatory. For further information, please refer to:
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies was established as a statutory authority [6] [12] under an Act of Parliament in June 1964. [13] [14] The mission of the Institute at that time has been described as "to record language, song, art, material culture, ceremonial life and social structure before those traditions perished in the face of European ways".
Aboriginal avoidance practices refers to those relationships in traditional Aboriginal society where certain people were required to avoid others in their family or clan. . These customs are still active in many parts of Australia, to a lesser extent, as a mark of resp
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The extent to which specific terms (such as allochtoon in the Netherlands or Pākehā in New Zealand) should be considered offensive is often a source of public debate. Nonetheless, these terms can be distinguished from ethnic slurs which are always derogatory and always refer to specific ethnic groups (rather than outsiders in general).