Essays on Indigenous People

Between the 1830’s and 1980’s, 150,000 Aboriginal children were removed from their homes and forced to attend government-funded religious schools. These schools were formed in order to assimilate them into European culture (Glenn 1). Fundamentally, these schools were established as a method of cultural genocide...

Indigenous Peoples: A Look into the Past, Present, and Future Native populations face a serious human rights problem: The nations of the world refuse to recognize that they have human rights. While those countries are ready to recognize that individual indigenous persons have rights secured...

In the study of political science which I am very much acquainted with, indigenous groups and ethnic minorities are often discussed in periphery especially when it comes to topics of state-building or power structures. These groups are commonly seen as mere subjects of political changes...

Teaching pupils in the highland barangay of the city is quite challenging as a teacher has to acquaint and familiarize with the dialect and culture of the folks including their children. This I had experienced when assigned in the far flung school. For more than...

Indian philosopher Amartya Sen, who developed the ‘capability approach’ which states that the freedom of an individual to accomplish well-being is best interpreted by the abilities afforded them to achieve the life they want was quoted as saying that “…human beings live and interact in...

In the late 1800s, more than 100,000 first nations children in Canada were taken away from their families and communities and forced in attending residential schools far away from home. These children suffered from emotional, physical, sexual and spiritual abuse but got worst punishment for...

Firstly, there is no globally accepted definition for Indigenous people. These are the first contact people on land and also known as natives and Aboriginal people. The term Indigenous is used in research for Aboriginal people. Canadian constitution recognizes three groups of Aboriginal people as...

Gerald Alfred’s paper “Colonialism and State Dependency” is a critical examination of the current empirically capitalist system that First Nations peoples find themselves trapped within. The colonial enterprise is formulated in a way that requires these First Nations peoples to be dependent on the same...

The Inuit (more popularly known as Eskimos) are the indigenous inhabitants of the Arctic. Spread across the northern regions of Canada, Denmark and the US state of Alaskta, the Inuit people have their own distinct language, culture, customs and lifestyle. The !kung, on the other...

Driven by glory and potential wealth Christopher Columbus was commissioned by the Spanish royalty to convert non-Christians on his voyage west. Through this he launched the age of exploration which would unveil the rest of the world. For European nations, it was a boastful time...

Residential schools were created by the Canadian government in an attempt to assimilate indigenous children into the language and culture of Canadian society. These schools were run by churches and were created in the 1880s and lasted until 1996, when the final residential school was...

The ethnobotanical knowledge of the Onge tribal community is impressive. Italian anthropologist Lidio Cipriani, who studied the community in the 1950s, was among the first of many experts to acknowledge this Onge heritage. He wrote in 1966: ‘In their continual search for food, the Onges...

From the time North America was founded, Indigenous people are facing serious issues which are a fiercely debated topic. The westernization of the society had let to the elimination of the indigenous community which is getting faded with time. Many issues are faced by indigenous...

Indigenous Studies as a Mandatory Course in Universities When most people think of the necessary classes they will take in university they think of classes specific to their major and therefore, their interests. While few people have a specific interest in indigenous studies, the idea...

The topic of health for Indigenous people is one that is complex. There are many factors that take effect on their health and well-being, including education, housing, employment, social status, income status and social support systems being just a few. This paper will focus on...

Jaydubbaya NPCs tweeted “happy Indigenous people’s day”. The implication of that renaming is that White people never should have even come here. Even Columbus, Ohio, which is named after him, did not celebrate it this year. Columbus statues are being vandalized all over the country...

It is believed that Native American people began to populate American lands over 12,000 years ago. Each of these groups formed a tribe and had their own distinct traditions and languages. The Caddo, Agawam, and Esopus Indians are just a few of those numerous Native...

The first European country to colonize South Africa was the Netherlands. The Dutch were looking for a place where they could dock ships that were on long voyages so that they could restock. The Netherlands’ interest was aroused after 1647 when two employees of the Dutch...

Wildfires have become an increasingly familiar issue for many populations on and surrounding the west coast. As these large-scale wildfires have become detrimental to so many communities, researchers and the general public alike often look to climate change for answers regarding this phenomenon. However, there...

The term ‘apartheid’ first originated in the year 1948 when it became the law in South Africa. It was a racist policy used to segregate the nation’s white people and non-white people. But very few knew that apartheid also existed in Australia. Apartheid is an...

The journal article, An Indigenous Philosophical Ecology: Situating the Human, by Deborah Rose (2005) primarily discusses Indigenous Australian philosophical ecology, with a stress on the philosophy of science. Philosophical ecology describes our notions of the country and responsibilities in the world (Rose, 2005). Rose (2005)...

It is through their specific knowledge that indigenous communities come to realize their identity. It is a form of constructing their culture, which forms a vital part of their survival means. Communication is an essential part of these knowledge systems. The perception of the general...

It is not fair when your government, the individuals you voted for and put your trust in have failed you. That is not what they are put in their position of power to do you would expect them to handle their position with high standards...

Toward the start of the thirteenth century a dry spell more noteworthy than any amid the written history of the region went to the Great Plains. As the downpours fizzled quite a long time and the harvests shriveled in the fields, hunters and horticulturalists who...

Topic three: ‘A suspicious interpretation of Australian government action could argue that the Mabo decision was actually devastating to land rights as the original settlement was in 1788. In this perspective, Mabo failed to give Indigenous peoples sovereignty and reduced real political power. Critically discuss...