Name and Country |
Which Australian Aboriginal issues are you familiar with? |
| Nicole from USA |
Photography; Written language; Endemic disease |
| Nigel Mason from United Kingdom |
Land rights; the stolen generation; poor employment; continued prejudice |
| Anonymous |
The people are going extinct; they are dark skinned; they have history of exploitation; they have their own language |
| Oliver Kask from Estonia |
They wear white paintings; inventors of didgeridoos |
| Anonymous |
Stolen generations; Stolen traditional lands |
| Anonymous from USA |
Dancing; dreamland; music |
| Anonymous |
Loss of land; mistreatment |
| Pamela from USA |
None |
| Pamela from USA |
Land issues; cultural discrimination |
| Patrice Mahoney from Australia |
Constitution; Deaths in custody; Justice system; land rights |
| Anonymous from USA |
Rights in the country; land rights; human rights; children's rights |
| Patrick from USA |
Lost generation; loss of tribal lands by unscrupulous developers.; being regarded as low class people.; alcoholism, drugs. |
| Paul De Bono from Malta |
Land Rights; The stolen generation; Health and Education; Loss of Aboriginal culture |
| Anonymous |
Don't know; Don't know; Don't know; Don't know |
| Paul from United Kingdom |
Land misappropriation; unemployment; alcoholism |
| Paul from USA |
Dying society; there is conflict with contemporary issues |
| Anonymous |
Trying to preserve language & culture; keeping their land |
| Peter from United Kingdom |
Land rights; kimberly |
| Peter from USA |
Acceptance in general society.; Keeping their identity. |
| Ralph from USA |
Tent Embassy from 1972 to Present; Land Rights; Health and Education; Stolen Generation |
| Randy from USA |
Officially sanctioned lack of rights with colonization; High level of poverty; High incidence of infectious diseases; Lower quality of healthcare |
| Raymond Wouters from Belgium |
Geen; geen; geen; geen |
| Richard from USA |
People clear out the woods and make cheap didges, thus removing respect for the aborigine didges; None others |
| Richard from USA |
Being poorly compensated for the Crocodile Dundee movies; relocation; health |
| Richard from USA |
Removal of children to government schools; bad treatment of mixed children |
| Riley from USA |
Exportation of Didgeridoo; land and property of the aborigines |
| Riley from USA |
Genocide issues |
| Rita from USA |
Banished to desert; a dingo ate my baby"" |
| Rob from USA |
Prejudice; Lost generation |
| Anonymous |
Discrimination; alcoholism; isolation; education |
| Robert from USA |
None |
| Robert Remington from USA |
Authenticity; Humane rights |
| Robert from USA |
None really, but probably displacement |
| Anonymous |
N/a |
| Anonymous from USA |
None |
| Ron from Canada |
Housing; harm prevention to those with substance misuse issues |
| Ron Lankford from USA |
Alcohol&drug abuse; Retaining culture |
| Anonymous from Australia |
The 'Apology'; Unemployment |
| Rual from USA |
Didj; clap sticks |
| Anonymous from Austria |
Loosing their roots because of forcing them and their kids into reeducation programs by whites; Alcoholism; Poverty |
| Anonymous from USA |
Loss of land; poor modern diet |
| Scott from USA |
The prejudice |
| Anonymous from USA |
Rabbit Proof fence movie; Crocodile Dundee |
| Serah from Canada |
Loss of land; loss of power; loss of freedom |
| Shannon from USA |
Learned about the mistreatment of Half-caste" from the movie Rabbit Proof Fence."; Land Theft & Racism from this site. It sound very much like the struggles of the native Americans. |
| Shaun from Australia |
Stolen Generation; Close the Gap; The NT intervention |
| Anonymous from USA |
Treated badly; children taken away from them |
| Anonymous from New Zealand |
? |
| Steffen from Germany |
Playing Didgeridoo; Aboriginal culture; Dreamtime stories |
| Anonymous |
Stolen Generation; Reserves |
| Stephanie from USA |
Housing; money |
| Stephen Barton from New Zealand |
Loss of culture; music and story telling |
| Stephen from USA |
None |
| Anonymous |
Land eviction; Alcohol usage |
| Steven from USA |
None |
| Susan from USA |
Discrimination; poverty; employment |
| Anonymous |
Loss of habitat; loss of traditional ways |
| Tanya Devine from Canada |
Stolen generation; welfare; missions; massacre |
| Taylor from USA |
I've seen The Rabbit Proof Fence" - this is about all I know"; I would imagine there are some land use issues between the government ant aboriginals |
| Teresa from USA |
The stolen generation; Alcoholism |
| Tero from Finland |
All the things you've mentioned in your newsletter. After all, I've been reading it for 10 years! |
| Terry from Australia |
Alcoholism; racism; stolen generation; unemployment, poverty, health, crime, education |
| Thomas from USA |
Land rights; Water rights |
| Thomas from Australia |
Drug & alcohol abuse; access to health facilities |
| Tiago from Portugal |
Repression by European settlers; Didjeridu-related traditions; Ecological relationship with land; Dreamtime" stories |
| Tim from Japan |
Dugong hunting; Land rights; Discrimination and racism; Alcohol problems |
| Tim White from Canada |
As with all aboriginals displacement is always #1; acceptance within society; loss of cultural heritage with forced integration |
| Tina Johnston from Australia |
Stolen children; Land rights |
| Anonymous from USA |
Loss of personal rights; loss of land |
| Anonymous from USA |
Loss of land |
| Tom from USA |
Land and mining rights; alcohol and substance abuse; Traditional education within tribes |
| Anonymous from USA |
Land Rights |
| Tom from USA |
Land claims |
| Tom from USA |
Land rights; Alcohol and drug issues; religious rights |
| Anonymous |
Health; education |
| Tony from USA |
The extermination plan there was used in the USA; Non native people making native instruments |
| Tony from Canada |
Schooling; land |
| Anonymous |
None |
| Troy Ball from USA |
Poverty; poor health; substance abuse |
| Troy from USA |
Land; attacks on culture |
| Anonymous from USA |
Housing; maintaining heritage |
| Anonymous |
No |
| Anonymous |
Poverty; hunger |
| Anonymous from USA |
Aboriginal health issues; Education |
| Virginia Bleier from USA |
None; don't know a |
| Ward Welch from USA |
Equality with whites; Opportunity; Housing; Cultural Identity |
| Anonymous |
None |
| Anonymous |
Arise when people wish to use land for their own profit without regard for Indigenous Australian bel; Health issues |
| Willem from Netherlands |
Dot painting; Dreamtime ceremonies; Rock art; Sand (painting) |
| William from USA |
Mistreatment; land loss |
| Anonymous from USA |
Declining population; Urbanization |
| Wouter from Netherlands |
They are suppressed by the white australian people and have less rights; They have a lot of nicknames; They have problems keeping their own land |
| Anonymous from Israel |
Land grab in the past; Selling out of the Aboriginal culture for tourist or other economical reason |
