Linking with Identity
makes us stronger, makes us proud & makes our families proud.
Cindy and Raylene
© Thungutti~Miindala 2008
Learning Outcomes
Elements of Learning
Skill Area
1
Acknowledge the link
with Aboriginal Identity
and what it means to
you.
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
Investigate what is Aboriginal culture
Traditional and cultural diversity is
discussed.
The role of community and culture is
explored.
Examples of cultural identity is discussed.
2
Identify the strengths of
Aboriginal culture.
2.1
2.3
Identify Aboriginal leaders and their
strengths of Aboriginality.
Explore leadership and cultural strengths
you possess.
Aboriginal history is explored.
2.2
3
Looking towards a
positive future
3.1
3.2
Explore personal paths of growth
Develop strategies to achieve goals
4
Elements of
reconciliation
4.1
4.2
4.3
Discuss the meaning of reconciliation
Examples of reconciliation activities
Explore a future of walking together
Resources
Seeking Permission
Contact is made with the young people’s family and Community to seek
permission for the young people to participate and to gain information
relevant to the young person and their Nation / Country.
Why this program?
Aboriginal young people to re-gain their identity.
Non-Indigenous people will gain insight into Indigenous culture.
This program was also developed to encourage both Indigenous
and non-Indigenous people to continue walking together under
the banner of reconciliation.
Loss of Culture & Youth Crime
Aboriginal youth crime and the link to cultural identity has been
discussed on the world forum for many years, attempting to unlocking
the link between youth crime.
Aboriginal Australian History
What did you learn about Aboriginal history?
The landing at Botany Bay, looks like a happy event.
HOW MANY AUSTRALIAN
EXPLORERS
CAN YOU NAME?
HOW MANY
AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES
CAN YOU NAME?
HOW MANY
ABORIGINAL NATIONS
CAN YOU NAME?
Horton 1994
Yaegl
12 Aboriginal Nations within North Coast Area.
The Time of Creation
Christianity
The Big Bang Science Theory
Greek Mythology
For Aboriginal People we have;
The Dreamtime
& The Dreaming
THE DREAMTIME
The Time of Creation
THE DREAMING
Continuation of the Dream Time
LAW AND LORE
Laws were set down by our spirit ancestors.
Totems
Are connected to our Dream Time, Dreaming and Kinship system.
Kinship
Is a system of family and the relationship to language and country.
Totems in clay
Ceremony
Ceremony remains an important
part of many Aboriginal lives.
Traditional
Art
2000 Olympics
Art is closely linked to the creation stories.
Hawker, South Australia
Activities
ART
Design a piece of art from your dreaming story?
Dance
The Kangaroo dance
The Goanna dance
The Fruit picking dance
Your Dreaming Story
Goanna &
Snake Story
Bird Story
Fish Story
Significance of Country
Is the physical link between living humans and the spiritual world.
The land has a story to tell - its features are a record of Dreaming events.
Sites
During the Dreamtime Ancestral beings criss-crossed through the land creating
all things, they rested, they fought and they made love.
Brewarrina Fish Traps
on the Barwon River
Shell Midden north coast
NSW
Mountain in North NSW
Your Country on clap sticks
Land Management
Knowledge of the land, breeding & migration habits
Knowledge of the cycle of flowering and fruiting plants
Bush Tucker
Most plants and animals were used as food and medicine.
Technology
Is the manipulation of the natural resources of the land.
Artefacts
Show and tell of personal family heirlooms
Our Diversity
Celebrate our differences.
Express yourself
Aboriginal Diversity
While there are commonalities there are many differences.
Desert
Rivers
Mountains
Activity
Each of you has a mask, how would you describe your Aboriginality?
Reflections of your Aboriginality
Where to from here
What track to take
Reconciliation ?
Travelling together
The Winners
Apology its time