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Gloria Faye Brennan (12 September 1948 – 2 November 1985) was an Aboriginal community leader and public servant from Western Australia, of Pindiini (Nyanganyatjara) descent. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Brennan advocated on a number of issues, including: Aboriginal land rights, welfare for women and children, Aboriginal education and health, the need for ...
The name Canada comes from the word meaning "village" or "settlement" in the Saint-Lawrence Iroquoian [1] language spoken by the inhabitants of Stadacona and the neighbouring region near present-day Quebec City in the 16th century. [2] Another contemporary meaning was "land."
The ALSWA has worked to improve interpreting services for Aboriginal defendants, although such services are still "nowhere near as comprehensive as they need to be". Despite its origins when lawyers were mainly white, ALSWA now claims to employ "the highest number of Aboriginal lawyers of any legal service in Australia". [17]
Margaret Kemarre Turner, also known as M. K. Turner, OAM (18 October 1938 [1] – 5 July 2023) was an Arrernte woman, who belonged to the Akarre people. Turner was an elder in her community, an interpreter, artist and author.
Aboriginal names of suburbs of Brisbane, derived from the Turrbal language. Place names in Australia have names originating in the Australian Aboriginal languages for three main reasons: [citation needed] Historically, European explorers and surveyors may have asked local Aboriginal people the name of a place, and named it accordingly.
1950s: Telephone lines first proposed as a medium for the delivery of interpreting services. [1] 1973: Australia introduces telephone interpretation as a fee-free service to respond to its growing immigrant communities. [2] 1981: The first Over-the-Phone Interpretation (OPI) service is offered in the United States. [3] [self-published source?]
During the winter, the Abenaki lived in small groups further inland. These villages occasionally had to be fortified, depending on the alliances and enemies of other tribes or of Europeans near the village. Abenaki villages were quite small with an average number of 100 residents. [4]
The largest population of Chipewyan language (Dënesųłinë́ or Dëne) speakers live in the northern Saskatchewan village of La Loche and the adjoining Clearwater River Dene Nation. In 2011 the combined population was 3389 people. The Dënesųłinë́ language is spoken by 89% of the residents. [8]