Indigenous people Culture Indigenous Peoples Updated A new report suggests Aboriginal people are facing enormous pressure to lose their traditional culture in order to be successful in Australia. Larrakia Nation, which represents the Larrakia people of the Darwin region, teamed up with the Universitie...
Background Indigenous peoples in Canada live in a mix of rural and urban areas. Open bodies of water are often essential for subsistence and recreational transport, fishing, and hunting. Death rates are several times higher than nationally. The goal is preventing immersion deaths by implementing ...
Ideas about Japanese culture frequently weigh the relative contributions of indigenous inspiration and adaptations of foreign practices in forming the national culture. Ethnic Relations. Several distinct minority populations together total less than 5 percent of the population. The minority populations ...
This article argues that a primary health care approach is an appropriate conceptual framework for addressing the health needs of Indigenous people. Primary health care is strategic, focusing on equity, access, empowerment and intersectoral partnerships as essential elements for maintaining health. Stereoty...
In northern Nigeria many people who are not ethnic Hausas speak both Hausa and their own tribal language. Hausa is the oldest known written language in West Africa, dating back to before 1000 C.E. The dominant indigenous languages of the south are Yoruba and Igbo. Prior to colonization, ...
Cooke, M., Mitrou, F., Lawrence, D., Guimond, E., & Beavon, D. (2007). Indigenous well-being in four countries: An application of the UNDP’S human development index to indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.BMC International Health and Human Rights...
Métis, indigenous nation of Canada that has combined Native American and European cultural practices since at least the 17th century. Their language, Michif, which is a French and Cree trade language, is also called French Cree or Métis. The first Mét
Blackfoot,IndigenousNorth American tribe composed of three closely related bands, thePiegan (officially spelled Peigan inCanada), or Piikuni; the Blood, or Kainah (also spelled Kainai or Akainiwa); and the Siksika, or Blackfoot proper (often referred to as the Northern Blackfoot). The three...
Many Indigenous people who live on their traditional territory die in hospital when their preference is to enter the spirit world from their home. Indigenous people in Canada describe experiencing many barriers that prevent them from making this final choice in life. The First Nations Health Authorit...
‘nations without states’ such as Catalonia and theBasqueCountry in Spain, and Scotland and Wales in the UK. There, regionalism is inescapably connected with the protection of national and cultural identity. Particular importance has been attached to the role of indigenous mass media in sustaining...