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  2. Australian Aboriginal identity - Wikipedia

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    A report commissioned by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) found that people seeking to identify as Aboriginal should satisfy all three criteria, and should provide documentary evidence to show a direct line of ancestry through a family name linking them to traditional Aboriginal society at the time of colonisation of ...

  3. Aboriginal Australians - Wikipedia

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    Knowledge of pre-colonial Aboriginal cultures and societal groupings is still largely dependent on the observers' interpretations, which were filtered through colonial ways of viewing societies. [60] Some Aboriginal peoples identify as one of several saltwater, freshwater, rainforest or desert peoples.

  4. Australian Aboriginal culture - Wikipedia

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    Aboriginal ceremonies have been a part of Aboriginal culture since the beginning, and still play a vital part in society. [23] They are held often, for many different reasons, all of which are based on the spiritual beliefs and cultural practices of the community. [ 24 ]

  5. Indigenous Australians - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] In the 2011 census, there was a 20% rise in people who identify as Aboriginal. [242] In the 2016 census, there was another 18.4% rise on the 2011 figure. 590,056 respondents identified themselves as Aboriginal, 32,345 Torres Strait Islander, and a further 26,767 both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. [51]

  6. Country (Indigenous Australians) - Wikipedia

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    For example, a Gamilaraay man, whose traditional lands ("country") lies in south-west Queensland might refer to his country as "Gamilaraay country". [2] Australian Aboriginal identity often links to their language groups and traditional country of their ancestors .

  7. How the blind identify and perceive race - AOL

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    She found that this group does try to identify someone's race because they know it's an important distinction. They also want to have the same information everyone else does.

  8. History of Indigenous Australians - Wikipedia

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    Aboriginal Australians along the coast and rivers were also expert fishermen. Some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people relied on the dingo as a companion animal, using it to assist with hunting and for warmth on cold nights. Aboriginal women's implements, including a coolamon lined with paperbark and a digging stick. This woven basket ...

  9. Native American identity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some tribes have a blood quantum requirement for citizenship. Others use other methods, such as lineal descent.While almost two-thirds of all federally recognized Indian tribes in the United States require a certain blood quantum for citizenship, [15] tribal nations are sovereign nations, with a government to government relationship with the United States, and set their own enrollment criteria.