Investigating Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

[Jacey]

Hi,
Need a little help please, below is what I have so far. But feel like I am going around and around with google trying to find information and getting no where and not knowing if I am on right track.

Question...

increase your professional knowledge and awareness of:
• the diversity of Indigenous peoples and their cultures
• the concepts of whiteness, privilege, value systems, beliefs, attitudes, prejudices and tendency to stereotype
• ‘Sorry business’
• past and present power relations and its impact, and other contemporary issues of concern
• relevant legislation and policies, such as codes of practice, Commonwealth, and/or territory/state legislation and/or community standards and regulations
• child rearing practices and ways to prevent challenging behaviours
• the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander way of understanding and seeing social and emotional wellbeing
• how to create an environment that is safe and welcoming for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• how to relate to and provide services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• Aboriginal self-determination and how to build respectful partnerships.

What I have so far...

Diversity of Indigenous peoples and their cultures
Within Australia there are over 600 Indigenous language and cultural groups, speaking over 260 languages.

Concepts of whiteness, privilege, value systems, beliefs, attitudes, prejudices and tendency to stereotype.

‘Sorry business’
A cultural practice of our people of great importance relates to our attitude to death in our families. Like when we have someone passed away in our families and not even our own close families, the family belongs to us all, you know. The whole community gets together and shares that sorrow within the whole community.”

Past and present power relations and its impact, and other contemporary issues of concern.

Relevant legislation and policies, such as codes of practice, Commonwealth, and/or territory/state legislation and/or community standards and regulations.

Child rearing practices and ways to prevent challenging behaviours
There is no one way in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people raise their children and families may draw upon child rearing practices from a range of cultures. The child rearing practices of any one culture are no more ‘valuable’ than those of another. In Aboriginal culture the extended family plays a crucial role in raising children. The whole Aboriginal community contribute to raising the child, giving mutual assistance and support to the parents.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander way of understanding and seeing social and emotional wellbeing
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander way of understanding and seeing social and emotional wellbeing is significantly different to that of the Western interpretation of mental health. That is, one’s land, culture, spirituality, ancestry, family and community are all a part of and central to the person.

How to create an environment that is safe and welcoming for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
I think there should be more of the Aboriginal Community involved in programming and planning. Giving sense of Black verse white still as white people are still making the planning and programming, it needs to be mixed together a lot more. Children need to be educated that and Aboriginal child is a cool, kid, he is of the land and he is from the oldest living culture in the world.

How to relate to and provide services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Aboriginal self-determination and how to build respectful partnerships.

[Lorina]

Yes, I think you're on the right track with your response!

The following may help as well:

Working and Walking Together
Including Aboriginal Australia
Creating A Welcome Environment For ATSI

,
Lorina

[Jacey]

Hi Lorina,
Thank you again for the reassurance and information. I do appreciate it.

Jodie

[Lorina]

Your welcome Jodie!

Sometimes it's good to get another set of eyes to read through your response!

,
Lorina

[adriperdomo]

I need some help with this point please.
Concepts of whiteness, privilege, value systems, beliefs, attitudes, prejudices and tendency to stereotype.

Whiteness: is a cultural area with political significance, with the purpose to keep others on the margin. White culture is the dominant culture that sets the norms; everybody else is compared to that norm.
Prejudice: Devaluing on a group; because of its behaviors, values, capabilities, or attributes.
Stereotype: Fixed ideas, often unfavorable, about what members of a group are like.
Values: are essential components of belief systems. They help bind members of social groups and cultures together in their common belief systems. „
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s values and beliefs are based on the world that integrates the spiritual with the material and individual’s relationship to community. There are many cultural differences among Aboriginal communities, as well as Torres Strait Islander communities.

If someone have information about -Privilege and attitude related to Aboriginal Australian and ATSI I really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance
Adriana

[Lorina]

I need some help with this point please.
Concepts of whiteness, privilege, value systems, beliefs, attitudes, prejudices and tendency to stereotype.

Whiteness: is a cultural area with political significance, with the purpose to keep others on the margin. White culture is the dominant culture that sets the norms; everybody else is compared to that norm.
Prejudice: Devaluing on a group; because of its behaviors, values, capabilities, or attributes.
Stereotype: Fixed ideas, often unfavorable, about what members of a group are like.
Values: are essential components of belief systems. They help bind members of social groups and cultures together in their common belief systems. „
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s values and beliefs are based on the world that integrates the spiritual with the material and individual’s relationship to community. There are many cultural differences among Aboriginal communities, as well as Torres Strait Islander communities.

If someone have information about -Privilege and attitude related to Aboriginal Australian and ATSI I really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance
Adriana

Hi Adriana,

Good responses! Informative and well thought out!

Regarding privileges and attitudes related to ATSI, I can;t seem to come up with anything while im searching, which is bizarre. I found this though:

Attitudes Towards ATSI

Hope this helps,

,
Lorina

[Jayelise]

Hello

I am on this same assignment, I have read the above articles, I am struggling with the following subheading • past and present power relations and its impact, and other contemporary issues of concern. Is this talking about past and present power relations with white and indigenous persons or only indigenous? (E.G. STOLEN GENERATION)

I am just not sure what the question is asking exactly thank you if u can have any hints

[Jayelise]

I need some help with this point please.
Concepts of whiteness, privilege, value systems, beliefs, attitudes, prejudices and tendency to stereotype.

Whiteness: is a cultural area with political significance, with the purpose to keep others on the margin. White culture is the dominant culture that sets the norms; everybody else is compared to that norm.
Prejudice: Devaluing on a group; because of its behaviors, values, capabilities, or attributes.
Stereotype: Fixed ideas, often unfavorable, about what members of a group are like.
Values: are essential components of belief systems. They help bind members of social groups and cultures together in their common belief systems. „
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s values and beliefs are based on the world that integrates the spiritual with the material and individual’s relationship to community. There are many cultural differences among Aboriginal communities, as well as Torres Strait Islander communities.

If someone have information about -Privilege and attitude related to Aboriginal Australian and ATSI I really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance
Adriana

this is what I have so far,

Prejudices, People stereotypes can impact and lead to dangerous and hurtful prejudices against indigenous Australians. Due to most common stereotypes towards the Indigenous Australian’s being negative it has certainly affected prejudice and the way Indigenous are getting treated from people that normally do not even know much about Indigenous and or the history/culture and perhaps have never even spoken to an indigenous person. Their prejudice is preconceived and often unwarranted and false or negative. Tourism Australia is trying hard to promote the positive aspects of indigenous people and indigenous Australia. Using good stereotypes to promote Australia. The Tourism Australia website readily uses the common stereotype of ‘Australia = friendly Aboriginal people’. The caption of the image, however, reads ‘Mossman Gorge, North. (http://www.australia.com/en, 2008)

[Jayelise]

Hi,
Need a little help please, below is what I have so far. But feel like I am going around and around with google trying to find information and getting no where and not knowing if I am on right track.

Question...

increase your professional knowledge and awareness of:
• the diversity of Indigenous peoples and their cultures
• the concepts of whiteness, privilege, value systems, beliefs, attitudes, prejudices and tendency to stereotype
• ‘Sorry business’
• past and present power relations and its impact, and other contemporary issues of concern
• relevant legislation and policies, such as codes of practice, Commonwealth, and/or territory/state legislation and/or community standards and regulations
• child rearing practices and ways to prevent challenging behaviours
• the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander way of understanding and seeing social and emotional wellbeing
• how to create an environment that is safe and welcoming for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• how to relate to and provide services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• Aboriginal self-determination and how to build respectful partnerships.

What I have so far...

Diversity of Indigenous peoples and their cultures
Within Australia there are over 600 Indigenous language and cultural groups, speaking over 260 languages.

Concepts of whiteness, privilege, value systems, beliefs, attitudes, prejudices and tendency to stereotype.

‘Sorry business’
A cultural practice of our people of great importance relates to our attitude to death in our families. Like when we have someone passed away in our families and not even our own close families, the family belongs to us all, you know. The whole community gets together and shares that sorrow within the whole community.”

Past and present power relations and its impact, and other contemporary issues of concern.

Relevant legislation and policies, such as codes of practice, Commonwealth, and/or territory/state legislation and/or community standards and regulations.

Child rearing practices and ways to prevent challenging behaviours
There is no one way in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people raise their children and families may draw upon child rearing practices from a range of cultures. The child rearing practices of any one culture are no more ‘valuable’ than those of another. In Aboriginal culture the extended family plays a crucial role in raising children. The whole Aboriginal community contribute to raising the child, giving mutual assistance and support to the parents.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander way of understanding and seeing social and emotional wellbeing
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander way of understanding and seeing social and emotional wellbeing is significantly different to that of the Western interpretation of mental health. That is, one’s land, culture, spirituality, ancestry, family and community are all a part of and central to the person.

How to create an environment that is safe and welcoming for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
I think there should be more of the Aboriginal Community involved in programming and planning. Giving sense of Black verse white still as white people are still making the planning and programming, it needs to be mixed together a lot more. Children need to be educated that and Aboriginal child is a cool, kid, he is of the land and he is from the oldest living culture in the world.

How to relate to and provide services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Aboriginal self-determination and how to build respectful partnerships.

http://www.workingwithatsi.info/content/PI_history.htm

[Jayelise]

I need some help with this point please.
Concepts of whiteness, privilege, value systems, beliefs, attitudes, prejudices and tendency to stereotype.

Whiteness: is a cultural area with political significance, with the purpose to keep others on the margin. White culture is the dominant culture that sets the norms; everybody else is compared to that norm.
Prejudice: Devaluing on a group; because of its behaviors, values, capabilities, or attributes.
Stereotype: Fixed ideas, often unfavorable, about what members of a group are like.
Values: are essential components of belief systems. They help bind members of social groups and cultures together in their common belief systems. „
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s values and beliefs are based on the world that integrates the spiritual with the material and individual’s relationship to community. There are many cultural differences among Aboriginal communities, as well as Torres Strait Islander communities.

If someone have information about -Privilege and attitude related to Aboriginal Australian and ATSI I really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance
Adriana

Hi Adriana,

Good responses! Informative and well thought out!

Regarding privileges and attitudes related to ATSI, I can;t seem to come up with anything while im searching, which is bizarre. I found this though:

Attitudes Towards ATSI

Hope this helps,



,
Lorina

hi i hope this helps http://www.workingwithatsi.info/content/PI_history.htm