traditions, customs and beliefs.For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, land, sea and spirituality are the foundations on which their culture has been built.
A particular focus is on the apparent differences discovered by other researchers in suicidal behaviour, risk factors, response to prevention programs, as well as cultures, customs and beliefs between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal population, and between different Aboriginal communities and groups. ...
4.1 Tribes The term tribe usually describes groups of people who are related genealogically, live in a given area and share common customs and beliefs. Professor Elkin, in his book "The Australian Aborigines: How to understand them", defined a tribe as a "number of people who occupied a ...
practices, customs and traditions protected by Treaty 8 and/or section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 including activities, practices, customs and traditions that facilitate the traditional livelihood of Aboriginal members and/or the continuity of Aboriginal culture, beliefs and Traditional Knowledge; ...
All of the changes listed above show that Aboriginal culture is not the oldest continuous culture in the world but is a young culture, like almost every other culture in the world, with many major and fundamental traits and customs going back no further than the 1950s. … ...
Seals are a central part of life and an essential source of locally-harvested food for Inuit peoples. Many traditions, customs, beliefs and oral histories revolve around the seal. Inuit peoples were and still are in an important and direct relationship with this animal. Inuit hunters have great...
Conception beliefs are included, as these convey the meaning of “a child” as an embodied, socially embedded, and spiritual being. Studies often distinguish between urban, rural, or remote regions, although such distinctions may mask similarities of value and practice as well as similar impacts ...
“not human” who owned land even though they had practiced traditions and customs for hundreds and thousands of years. The British treated Australia as terra Nullius. However due to the doctrine of Terra Nullius it states that Indigenous Australians could not sell or assign any land, nor could...
Integrating cultural values, beliefs, and customs into pregnancy and postpartum care: lessons learned from a Hawaiian public health nursing project. Determining the elements of culturally competent health care is an important goal for nurses. This goal is particularly integral in efforts to design bett...
Customs of hunting, gathering, preparation, and cooking evolved through their religious beliefs. Each person feels a connection between himself or herself and a particular plant or animal. This special plant or animal is known as the person'stotem. Many people do not kill or eat their totems,...