{"product_id":"indigenous-australia-for-kids-for-dummies-isbn-9780730390336","title":"Indigenous Australia For Kids For Dummies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive, relevant, and accessible look at all aspects of Indigenous Australian history and culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndigenous Australia For Kids For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e is here to enlighten you about the history, struggles and triumphs of the diverse peoples that make up Australia’s Indigenous communities. Did you know that Australia is home to the world’s oldest culture? Experience 60,000 years of history and culture, plus, get right up-to-the-minute, with amazing facts about Indigenous sports and entertainment figures and info on what matters to Indigenous peoples today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis interactive book has loads of features that will engage and excite readers aged 10-15 years old – and their teachers and parents! Featuring profiles of celebrated Indigenous people like Cathy Freeman and Albert Namatjira, as well as fun research projects and hands-on activities that bring Indigenous Australia to life. Ever wanted to connect with your local Indigenous communities? This book will give you ideas about how you can connect with First Nations peoples and other interactive ways to extend your learning out of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscover the rich culture, long history and special values of the world’s oldest race\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn about Indigenous art, song, dance, literature and contributions to contemporary Australia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eImpress friends and family with your knowledge of Australian colonisation and Indigenous rights\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFigure out what’s going on in the lives of Indigenous Australians today – and bust the most common myths\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is perfect for young readers who want to appreciate and understand the diverse, proud, and fascinating peoples that make up Australia's Indigenous communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by \u003ci\u003eCathy Freeman\u003c\/i\u003e xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout This Book 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFoolish Assumptions 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIcons Used in This Book 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere to Go from Here 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: An Ancient People: Then and Now 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Understanding Indigenous Australia 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndigenous Cultures: Then and Now 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere Goes the Neighbourhood 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFighting Back 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Problems for an Old Culture 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoing It for Ourselves 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Rich Past, Strong Traditions 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Australians 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e65,000 Years of Tradition 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations Today 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note about the Torres Strait Islands 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaying G’Day 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpening an Event: Welcome to Country 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining the Identity of an Aboriginal Person or a Torres Strait Islander 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: A Land of Cultural Diversity 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring the Indigenous Relationship to Land 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCelebrating Cultural Diversity 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKinship and Totemic Systems 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTalking Languages 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComing Together 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaintaining Links to Traditional Country 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Traditional Cultural Values and Practices 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoing Back to the Dreamtime 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndigenous Worldviews 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving with Nature 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking to the Skies 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eControlling the Environment 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Cultural Values 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaring for Country 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Invasion 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: First Contacts 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking for the Unknown Southern Land: Contact before 1770 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanding in Australia: Cook’s Arrival 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEstablishing a British Colony 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing through Indigenous Eyes: Perspectives on the Arrival 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: The Brits’ First Colony: 1788 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaptain Phillip and the First Fleet 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStarting a Penal Colony 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing How the Locals Dealt with the New Arrivals 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: The Loss of People and the Land 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpening Up the Land: White Settlement Spreads 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpreading Disease Far and Wide 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeeting Aboriginal Resistance 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowing the British Colony 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with Frontier Conflict 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIgnoring Prior Ownership: No Treaties 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Taking the Children 141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining the Ideology of Assimilation 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRules for the Removal Policy 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledging the Stolen Generations 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnfinished Business: Reparations and Compensation 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Indigenous Activism 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: Citizenship Rights and a Referendum 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Claims to Better Treatment 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritish Subjects, but Not Quite 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaving Indigenous People Out of the Constitution 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar Heroes: Frontier Wars and Beyond 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStill Denied Equality 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot Taking It Lying Down 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSteps towards Equality 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Freedom Ride 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Referendum is Announced 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: From Apology to Uluru 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Government — A New Era? 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Intervention Continues 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinding a National Voice 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: Contemporary Indigenous Cultures 215\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11: Indigenous People and Sport 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA (Traditional) Sporting Life 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying Them at Their Own Games 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlipping on the Whites: Cricket 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStepping Up in the Boxing Ring 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe Love Our Footy! 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrack and Field 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChampioning Other Sports 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12: More Than Rocks and Dots: Indigenous Art 255\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the Role of Art in Indigenous Cultures 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking at Indigenous Art around Australia 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining Torres Strait Islander Art 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking 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2019 413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 20: Ten Myths about Indigenous People 415\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Indigenous People Have a Problem with Alcohol’ 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Indigenous People Are Dying Out’ 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Indigenous People Who Live in Urban Areas Have Lost Their Culture’ 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Indigenous People Were Killed Off in Tasmania’ 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Indigenous People Are Addicted to Welfare’ 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Too Much Money is Spent on Indigenous People’ 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Real Indigenous People Live in Remote Areas’ 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Indigenous Groups Don’t Handle Money Well’ 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Indigenous Culture is Violent’ 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Indigenous Self-Determination Has Been Tried but It Has Failed’ 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 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