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Andrew Norman, was found guilty of stabbing his girlfriend, after she took too long to cook a damper meal for him.
Mr. Norman, a 29-year-old Aborigine native, stabbed his 40-year-old girlfriend in the back with a steak knife, after he expected her to cook the meal straight away – she later died at Royal Darwin Hospital.
When speaking in court, Norman explained: "She was still hanging around so I told her come make some damper for me but she was making me really wild. I was going to stab her a little bit, only once."Andrew Norman, was found guilty of stabbing his girlfriend, after she took too long to... more
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1. Jeru (or Great Andamanese)
Spoken by fewer than 20 people on the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean.
2. N|u (also called Khomani)
This is a Khoisan language spoken by fewer than 10 elderly people whose traditional lands are located in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa.
3. Ainu
The Ainu language is spoken by a small number of old people on the island of Hokkaido in the far north of Japan.
4. Thao
Sun Moon Lake of central Taiwan is the home of the Thao language, now spoken by a handful of old people while the remainder of the community speaks Taiwanese Chinese (Minnan).
5. Yuchi
Yuchi is spoken in Oklahoma, USA, by just five people all aged over 75. Yuchi is an isolate language (that is, it cannot be shown to be related to any other language spoken on earth).
6. Oro Win
The Oro Win live in western Rondonia State, Brazil, and were first contacted by outsiders in 1963 on the headwaters of the Pacaas Novos River.
7. Kusunda
The Kusunda are a former group of hunter-gatherers from western Nepal who have intermarried with their settled neighbours.
8. Ter Sami
This is the easternmost of the Saami group of languages (formerly called Lapp, a derogatory term), located on the Kola Peninsula in Russia.
9. Guugu Yimidhirr
Guugu Yimidhirr is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken at Hopevale near Cooktown in northern Queensland by around 200 people.
10. Ket
Ket is the last surviving member of a family of languages spoken along the Yenesei River in eastern Siberia.
1. Jeru (or Great Andamanese)
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Call for Proposals: NMU 2008 Indigenous Earth Day Summit
EXTENDED DEADLINE!
Northern Michigan University is seeking presentation proposals for the 2008 Indigenous Earth Day Summit to be held at NMU April 22-23.
This summit is made possible by the Center for Native American Studies, the Environmental Science Program and the Office of International Programs.
This summit will function as a call to action on Indigenous environmental issues in the Great Lakes area, on Turtle Island and around the world.
An Aboriginal Australian delegation from the Traditional Knowledge Revival Pathways project will be featured as keynote presenters and will provide musical entertainment.
http://www.tkrp.com.au
Presentations should ultimately include ideas on how to address Indigenous environmental concerns. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following.
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge (T.E.K.)
- Education and Indigenous environmental concerns
- History of industrialism, industrial threats, Indigenous peoples and the Earth
- Economic globalization and Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous languages and the Earth
- Solutions in Indigenous cultures to environmental problems
- Indigenous subsistence rights and protection of sacred land
- Global poisoning and the impact on Indigenous peoples
- Climate change and its impact on Indigenous peoples
A variety of presentations are encouraged (music, art, films as well as papers and panels).
Activists, Native elders and Native community members are strongly encouraged to submit proposals.
Proposals should be 150-300 words in length. Deadline for submissions has been extended to Monday, March 17, 2008.
Send to:
cnas@nmu.edu
(attachments should only be in Microsoft Word or as a PDF)
Subject line: Indigenous Earth Day Summit Proposal
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Center for Native American Studies
Northern Michigan University
1401 Presque Isle Ave
Marquette, MI 49855
For more information call 906-227-1397
http://www.nmu.edu/nativeamericans
Call for Proposals: NMU 2008 Indigenous Earth Day Summit
EXTENDED DEADLINE!... more
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Anti-nuclear protesters confronted CLP candidate for Lingiari, Adam Giles, outside his Alice Springs office at 8:30 this morning.Anti-nuclear protesters confronted CLP candidate for Lingiari, Adam Giles, outside his... more
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The National Day of Action by to highlight the dangerous nature of federal government plans to impose a nuclear dump in the Northern Territory and the Coalition's continued refusal to disclose its nuclear agenda to the Australian community ahead of the federal election.The National Day of Action by to highlight the dangerous nature of federal government... more
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November 15, 2007: Despite all the bluster and all the rhetoric over nuclear power, the South Australian Rann Government is not willing to legislate to ban it...November 15, 2007: Despite all the bluster and all the rhetoric over nuclear power,... more
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Uranium mining threatens Aboriginal culture and land rights at many sites across Australia. In this film, Traditional Owners speak out against the mining companies which bring sickness to the land. Uranium Dreaming tells the story of the industry almost nobody wants.
by Scott Ludlam
@http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/scottludlam/videos/uraniumdreaming.mp4/view
Uranium mining threatens Aboriginal culture and land rights at many sites across... more
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Here are a few articles on the resurgence, or attempted resurgence on Nuclear power. Useful for knowing some of the pro-N-power arguments that are being used.
Here are a few articles on the resurgence, or attempted resurgence on Nuclear power.... more
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From the newswire: November 15, 2007 - This morning fifteen Greenpeace activists were arrested during an occupation of the Munmorah coal-fired power station in NSW. 15 crew occupied and took peaceful direct action to shut down the plant as a protest against John Howard and Kevin Rudd's ineffective climate change policies
Greenpeace demands that both major parties commit to deep cuts to Australia's greenhouse gas pollution in the next decade, which means switching from coal fired power to cleaner and smarter energy use.
The activists shut down the coal-feed conveyor belt and painted the message Coal Kills on the roof of the station and deployed a banner saying Climate change starts here. Two other activists hung from the roof displaying climate change messages.
The Munmorah coal-fired power station is the oldest in NSW and one of the most inefficient in the country. Energy campaigner John Hepburn, who was one of the climb team, said that we couldn't just sit back and watch while scientists measure how quickly humans are killing the planet. "We need to cut carbon emissions right now. It's not complicated..." From the newswire: November 15, 2007 - This morning fifteen Greenpeace activists were... more
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Why the nuclear industry is not necessary in Australia... or the rest of the world.
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Another must see movie, "Rabbit Proof Fence" will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.
For more than a century and right up to the late 1960s, on government orders, Aboriginal children with white blood in their veins were snatched from their mothers and placed in orphanages, mission stations or with foster families who were supposed to make good little Australians out of them. The slogan in those days was "keep Australia white." And after the genocide by the early settlers and the semi-slavery of the reserves, all that remained to be done with these "sub-humans" was to make them forget where they came from and who they were, to assimilate them by force right from the cradle.
The Commonwealth conference on the native problem in 1937 did not mince its words: "The destiny of the natives of Aboriginal origin but not of the full blood lies in their ultimate absorption." It restated its views in 1951: "The aim is assimilation...until the Aborigines live like any white Australian." The police and Protectors were given authority to raid communities and remove all children with light skins. Desperate Aborigine mothers blackened their children's faces with charcoal or sent them to hide out in the bush.
The Chief Protectors appointed by each state became the legal guardians of the half-caste children until they reached the age of 18. Some of their reports speak louder than words. "I would not hesitate for one moment to separate any half-caste from its [sic] Aboriginal mother, no matter how frantic her momentary grief might be at the time. They soon forget their offspring," said Inspector James Idell in 1905. In 1911, Chief Protector Cook stated that "Children are removed from the evil influence of the Aboriginal camp, with its lack of moral training and its risk of serious organic infectious disease."Another must see movie, "Rabbit Proof Fence" will keep you on the edge of your seat... more
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"The 13th of September 2007 will be remembered as an international human rights day for the indigenous peoples of the world," said Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, chairperson of the Permanent Forum, in an emotional tone filled with joy.
International civil society groups working for the rights of indigenous peoples also expressed extreme pleasure with Thursday's vote.
The United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand stood alone in voting against the resolution.
"The entire wealth of the United States, Canada, and other so-called modern states is built on the poverty and human rights violations of their indigenous peoples," said Manuel. "The international community needs to understand how hypocritical Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States are.""The 13th of September 2007 will be remembered as an international human rights day... more
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