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The growing recognition and use of Indigenous education methods can be a response to the erosion and loss of Indigenous knowledge through the processes of colonialism, globalization, and modernity. [1] Indigenous education also refers to the teaching of the history, culture, and languages of Indigenous peoples of a region.
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy has been redeveloped and reimagined since 1982, with the first Aboriginal Education Policy focusing on the appreciation of Aboriginal cultures and societies. [2] In 1988, a Commonwealth Government Task Force informed the development of the National Aboriginal Education Policy ...
A portrayal entitled The Taking of the Children on the 1999 Great Australian Clock, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, by artist Chris Cooke. The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian federal and state government agencies and church missions, under ...
In the late 1950s, there was an increasing focus on the global need for anthropological research into 'disappearing cultures'. [1] [2] This trend was also emerging in Australia in the work of researchers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, [3] [4] leading to a proposal by W.C. Wentworth MP for the conception of an Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) in 1959.
The Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls, commonly known as " Bimbadeen " and Cootamundra Girls' Home, located at Cootamundra, New South Wales, was a home and training college for Aboriginal girls during the 20th century. It operated by the NSW Government's Aborigines Welfare Board from 1911 to 1968 to provide training to ...
The Canadian Indian residential school system[nb 1] was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples. [nb 2] The network was funded by the Canadian government 's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by various Christian churches. The school system was created to isolate Indigenous children from the influence of their own ...
European-Canadian James Houston created a graphic art program in Cape Dorset, Nunavut in 1957. [94] Houston taught local Inuit stone carvers how to create prints from stone-blocks and stencils. He asked local artists to draw pictures and the shop generated limited edition prints, based on the ukiyo-e workshop system of Japan.
Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society. The Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society (ACAS) is an organisation in New South Wales, Australia that aims to achieve Aboriginal reconciliation by improving the education of Aboriginal children. The organisation was founded in 1966 [1] and funded by private and corporate donations. [2]