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A global assessment of Indigenous community engagement in climate research

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2018
For millennia Indigenous communities worldwide have maintained diverse knowledge systems informed through careful observation of dynamics of environmental changes.
Dominique M David-Chavez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reform and resistance: an indigenous perspective on proposed changes to the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article provides a critical analysis of some of the seven proposals put forward to regulate and amend the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. Reference is made throughout to Aboriginal heritage legislation in other Australian jurisdictions. We do not
Blaze Kwaymullina   +2 more
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Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An explorative action research study toward the design of a digital knowledge organisation as part of an indigenous knowledge management system with a Herero community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Indigenous Knowledge Management Systems are being developed in order to preserve, process and retrieve knowledge. Unfortunately, most of the systems available do not take into account the different cultural ways of organising and sharing indigenous ...
Kapuire, Gereon Koch
core   +1 more source

Report on government services 2014: Indigenous compendium [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The performance of mainstream services provided to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians is a particular focus of the annual Report on Government Services.

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Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening Climate Resilience Through Urban Policy: A Mixed-Method Framework with Case Study Insights

open access: yesLand
While climate resilience is a growing priority in urban planning, limited attention has been given to the procedural and governance mechanisms needed to effectively integrate resilience into policy development.
Shiyao Zhu, Haibo Feng
doaj   +1 more source

Indigenous Communities and Evidence Building

open access: yesJournal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2011
Indigenous populations in the U.S. and Pacific Islands are underrepresented in mental health and substance abuse research, are underserved, and have limited access to mainstream providers. Often, they receive care that is low quality and culturally inappropriate, resulting in compromised service outcomes. The First Nations Behavioral Health Association
openaire   +4 more sources

The strategic Indigenous reserve

open access: yes, 2012
Made available by the Northern Territory Library via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).'The purpose of this policy paper is to present the concept of a Strategic Indigenous Reserve as a means to advance Indigenous economic development to ...
NAILSMA Indigenous Water Policy Group
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Working productively with indigenous communities: Mungullah best start playgroup [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this paper, we discuss and analyse the development of a resource documenting an Indigenous early childhood playgroup programme. The resource, known as the “Best Start DVD” was developed through a partnership between community and government support ...
Lee, L.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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