The document provides information about Aboriginal sovereignty, identity, culture, and history in Australia. It discusses key concepts like the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Native Title, Stolen Generations, and Dreamtime. It also summarizes important historical moments and policies that impacted Indigenous Australians, such as British colonization declaring Australia terra nullius, the 1897 Aboriginal Protection Act, and the 1967 referendum granting citizenship rights.

1. Week 2 Foundations Foundations

3. Uncle Chappy Williams: 'Always was, always will be' - Aboriginal Tent Embassy

4. Basic Protocols

5. * Must be conducted by a Traditional Owner. * When is it appropriate to say it? * What is the process to approach and elder for a Welcome to country. Welcome to Country

6. 'Welcome to Country' Traditional Indigenous ceremony”

24. This occurred in every Australian state from the late 1800s until the practice was officially ended in 1969. During this time as many as 100 000 children were separated from their families. These children became known as the Stolen Generation. The separation took three forms: - putting Indigenous children into government-run institutions; - adoption of children by white families; - and the fostering of children into white families. The last two strategies were particularly applied to 'fair-skinned' children. These forced separations were part of deliberate policies of assimilation. Their aim was to cut children off from their culture to have them raised to think and act as 'white'.

25. Blind Eye: Documentary on Stolen Generation Dreamtime or The Dreaming The expression 'Dreamtime' is most often used to refer to the 'time before time', or 'the time of the creation of all things', while 'Dreaming' is often used to refer to an individual's or group's set of beliefs or spirituality. For instance, an Indigenous Australian might say that they have Kangaroo Dreaming, or Shark Dreaming, or Honey Ant Dreaming, or any combination of Dreamings pertinent to their 'country'. However, many Indigenous Australians also refer to the creation time as 'The Dreaming'.

26. Belief Systems Lily Karedada “Wandjina Rainmaker”

27. 'Dreamtime' or 'Dreaming' What is certain is that 'Ancestor Spirits' came to Earth in human and other forms and the land, the plants and animals were given their form as we know them today. These Spirits also established relationships between groups and individuals, (whether people or animals) and where they travelled across the land, or came to a halt, they created rivers, hills, etc., and there are often stories attached to these places.

28. How the birds got their songs - Aboriginal Dreamtime Story

32. History Key Historical moments in Australia’s Indigenous History.

34. Aboriginal Elder seeks clarification of Australian Sovereignty; holding United Nations accountable Indigenous communities have strong family values that are rarely endorsed or understood by government authorities. Children are not just the concern of the biological parents, but the entire community. Therefore, the raising, care, education and discipline of children are the responsibility of everyone - male, female, young and old. Indigenous education stresses the relationship between the child and its social and natural environment, which children learn by close observation and practice. However, some knowledge's are secret and are revealed only when the child is ready. The government policies (Aborigines protection and Opium Act, 1897) in which families and communities were separated were more than just heartbreaking for the individuals involved - they also effectively halted the passing of cultural knowledge from one generation to another.