Growing up in an Indigenous Aboriginal family in Australia, nothing was scarier to horror director Jon Bell than the government. He recalls the “Stolen Generations,” a tragedy that Americans likely ...
“‘If the history of Canada was a 10-chapter book, the first nine-and-a-half chapters would be aboriginal history,’” says Peter Neudert, a second-year student at the University of Toronto, recalling a ...
Aunty Thelma lived through the mission era, stolen children and forced assimilation. As she witnessed the signing of the ...
(Sydney) – Western Australia’s child protection authorities are disproportionately removing children from Aboriginal families and placing them in out-of-home care, Human Rights Watch said in a report ...
A day before Deborah Melville’s death in July 2007, the 12-year-old was visited by a Northern Territory child-protection worker at her foster home outside of Darwin, Australia. The caseworker noted ...
As we approach the dreaded date of January 26, a pervasive question is floating around among the people in my social circle. Though phrased in different ways, most people seem to be wondering, “What ...
With only eight fluent Nyiyaparli speakers remaining, an Aboriginal group is racing against time to save their ...
Outdated laws mean Indigenous children in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia can currently be denied citizenship on the lands ...
Sharynne Hamilton does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
When Premier Jacinta Allan is photographed proudly advancing Victoria’s Treaty process, she is rightly praised.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Aboriginal children should be forced to learn English to escape lives of poverty and inequality, said Australia's indigenous affairs minister. "Too many still only have a ...