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Reports from the mid-1980s state that this was the time period when the IHS began to primarily target the treatment of alcoholism over its past treatments of infectious diseases. [18] Treatment for substance use disorders by Native Americans is more effective when it is community-based, and addresses the issues of cultural identification.
Media portrayals of Indigenous Australians have been described by academics and commentators as often negative or stereotyped.It is said that in issues which concern them, the voices of Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) are drowned out by non-Indigenous voices, which present them as problems for the rest of society.
Many Aboriginal families who were Hidden Generation are now reclaiming their Aboriginal identities and connections to Country. This includes reinvigorating their links with their broader kin, clan and nation groups, and maintaining their culture in the open once again. Budawang/Yuin woman Danièle Hromek writes of this experience and its impact:
The 2007 Northern Territory Intervention was a Government response to the 2007 Little Children are Sacred report on child abuse in Aboriginal communities. The policy rushed through parliament in 48 hours, and after five years of this policy being in place; the amount of child abuse has doubled, school attendance rates are lower, overall health is worse and there is a five-fold increase in the ...
Taken as a whole, Aboriginal Australians, along with Torres Strait Islander people, have a number of health and economic deprivations in comparison with the wider Australian community. [75] [76] Due to the aforementioned disadvantage, Aboriginal Australian communities experience a higher rate of suicide, as compared to non-indigenous communities.
A depiction of the Emu in the sky, which is an Australian Aboriginal constellation consisting of dark clouds rather than stars. The time of year in which the Emu in the sky stands upright in the evening marks the time when emu eggs are ready to be collected. For many Aboriginal cultures, the night sky is a repository of stories and law.
In April 2000, the Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Herron, presented a report in the Australian Parliament that questioned whether there had been a "Stolen Generation", arguing that only 10% of Aboriginal children had been removed, and they did not constitute an entire "generation".
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia is a 2018 biographical anthology compiled and edited by Anita Heiss and published by Black Inc. [1] It includes 52 short written pieces by Aboriginal Australians from many walks of life and discusses issues like Australian history of colonisation and assimilation, activism, significance of country, culture and language, identity and intersectionality, family ...