November 2009

30 Nov English policy will create more sniffers: charity (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Posted at 21:32h in News, Posts

The Northern Territory Government's decision to force schools to teach in English for the first four hours of each day will create the next generation of petrol sniffers, says the head of an Aboriginal organisation in Arnhem Land. Richard Trudgen, who has worked in the...

27 Nov Chile Indian land spat clouds investment, election (Reuters)

Posted at 21:37h in News, Posts

An ancestral lands dispute in Chile pitting Mapuche Indian farmers against the forestry industry and landowners is choking investment and will be a headache for the country's next president. In the Mapuche hamlet of Temucuicui, 375 miles (600 km) south of the capital Santiago, residents...

27 Nov Schools to teach Aboriginal culture (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Posted at 21:34h in News, Posts

Indigenous culture will be embedded in the new national school curriculum under a proposal being considered by leading educators. English, science, history and other disciplines will contain an indigenous perspective on issues ranging from the portrayal of British colonisation to the Northern Territory intervention...