Homelessness Of Indigenous People

Throughout the 20th Century Indigenous Australians rights have been detrimentally and unjustly effected by the frequent changing of governmental policies. Before British settlement, the Indigenous population lived as semi-nomads, constantly moving around to ensure the restoring of resources in different areas. In addition to this they would only ever take what they needed to provide for their families, meaning that there was always enough for everybody. Just in the same way the Indigenous strongly believed that they did not necessarily own the land but came from it, from the sky, the land and the animals, this is recorded throughout many of their Dreamtime stories.

Throughout chapter seven in Augie Fleras’ textbook Unequal Relations: A Critical Introduction to Race, Ethnic, and Aboriginal Dynamics in Canada, the importance of reconciliation between Canadian settlers and Canadian First Nations is acknowledged. Fleras also sheds light on how and why Canada’s First peoples are commonly last in terms of socioeconomic statistics. Also in detail are the conditions in which Aboriginal people on reserve are often forced to live under; conditions which include contaminated water, small living spaces, fewer opportunities for education, and poor healthcare. Though these are topics of discussion throughout chapter seven, Fleras also is sure to indicate that “however badly treated and maligned, Aboriginal peoples

Imagine being homeless with nowhere to go nothing to eat and having nothing. Throughout the usa there have been between 500,000 and 600,000 people homeless every night. Homelessness is something that affects all races ages and religions, people judge them thinking that they are just lazy and don 't want to find a job but usually that is not the case, the homeless people you see on the streets all have life stories that if you took the time to listen you would have a different opinion on them. It is impossible to count the exact amount of homeless but it is known to be millions every day everywhere men women and children are begging for money on the streets “Most of these people carry shopping bags and carts to keep their belongings but have nowhere to go If someone gives them money they may respond with prayers of thanks and blessings these people are called homeless”. Although they are more than just people without homes.

Introduction to Culture. Poverty is not only a critical problem that affects personal income, housing, or education, but it can even destroy an entire population if not solved. The Aboriginals of Australia are one of the many cultures that is currently losing its identity to impoverish conditions. Within the 50,000 years of existence in the Australian outback, the once prosperous clans of tribesman have dwindled from the reining populace on the continent, to less than a percent of Australians census. These people live by the lifestyle of the land, traditionally by nomadic hunting and gathering.

The arrival of Europeans in 1788 led to the widespread dispossession of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people. They wrenched the indigenous population from their lands and sacred sites severing their cultural connections and depriving them of their livelihoods. They no longer had a way to hunt & gather food or make bush medicine. Almost overnight their whole lifestyle and reason for being became defunct. This has a continuing effect on indigenous people today as many battle feelings of hopelessness and struggle to find a balance with their traditional lifestyle and culture as well as exist in a white dominated, highly urbanised

Post-Reflection 1) What did I learn from this assignment? From reading Chelsey Vowel's novel, I learned plenty about myself as an Indigenous person living in "Canada". The greatest thing I took away from this assignment is that I need to embrace my Indigenous culture more and be proud to be who I am.

The Discrimination Against Aboriginals Research Paper The discrimination against aboriginals has unfortunately been a part of Canadian society since we can remember. Even though the aboriginal peoples owned and inhabited these lands long before us, they are being discriminated against and Gerber’s (2014) research finds that aboriginals are found at the bottom in terms of level of education and income. This is not the only form of discrimination Aboriginals experience; the most discrimination occurs in schools and at work (Currie, Wild, Schopflocher, Laing & Veugelers 2012). Aboriginals can equally find themselves are at high risk of addictive behaviors such as gambling, which is caused by post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms after experiencing

Aboriginal people continue to be victimized and incarcerated at much higher rates than non-Aboriginal people. The overrepresentation of Canadian Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system is a question that has not yet been answered. This research paper will focus on the risk factors experienced by many Aboriginal people, residential school experiences, and institutional racism, and their roles in the overrepresentation of Canadian Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system. The Canadian government system has tried to deal with this issue, but looking at the high rates of overrepresentation, there approach has not been successful.

When I first walked into the building, I remember being very nervous. I had never been inside of a shelter before and I was scared to see how so many people affected by homelessness lived. There were many families that were living there, and the adults looked worn down, with dark bags under their eyes while the children wore stain filled clothes and had crazed unmaintained hair. When we arrived, we were welcomed with sheer kindness and good manners from the occupants and the staff, they really looked eager to see

We found that people are visible in the community, there are a few homeless people Many people use the public transportation to get to places like school, work and daycare centers. We observed a large amount of people smoking and casually hanging out in front of the convenient stores.