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(This page is under construction - please email us with useful links)

Rebutting the myths - a great site at the Reconciliation and Social Justice Library
  • Myths it rebuts: ABORIGINAL PEOPLE AND ALCOHOl, ABORIGINAL PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WORK, ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS IS AWASH WITH MONEY, THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY IN ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS, ABORIGINAL PEOPLE GET SPECIAL TREATMENT, SEPARATE ABORIGINAL SERVICES PROVIDE SPECIAL PRIVILEGES, ABORIGINAL PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN A LAND GRAB, ABORIGINAL SACRED SITES AND DEVELOPMENT, THE FREE CAR

Indigenous knowledges, children & carers - Australia

Finding organisations

  • Indigenous - national
  • Indigenous - local West Kimberley
  • Children's services - national
  • Children's services - local West Kimberley
  • Youth services

Finding funds

  • Children's services
  • Community projects
  • Other

Finding help

Finding early childhood information

  • Indigenous curriculum
  • Child well-being
  • Whiteness in early childhood
  • Children's cultural and racial identity
  • Children, culture and language

Finding inspiration for children's spaces

  • INSPIRE

Finding government reports

  • Indigenous education
  • Children's services

Indigenous knowledges, children & carers - global

Finding organisations

Indigenous - national (children)

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care Inc. (SNAICC)
SNAICC resources page

Indigenous - national (other)

The Australian government website for Indigenous for resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders.
The Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages A peak body for community based indigenous language programs in Australia.
Action for Aboriginal Rights
Absites
ANTARAustralians for Native Title and Reconciliation.
ABC Message Stick
A footy site
Social Justice Commissioner - Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission

Youth services

Reconnect Youth Services
KAPCS: www.kapcs.org.au <http://www.kapcs.org.au>

Finding funds

  • Children's services
  • Community projects
  • Other

Finding help

Finding early childhood information

Yolunga - over 100 Indigenous games Suitable for children and adults of all ages, abilities and backgrounds,
Yalu - learning activities in traditional languages Includes video-clips and very user-friendly site.
Yalu - Videos of teaching strategies
Samples of bilingual storybooks and write-ups on bilingualprograms.

Finding inspiration for children's spaces

Finding Government reports

Commonwealth of Australia (2003) Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indictors. Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Commonwealth of Australa (2002) National Report to Parliament on Indigenous Education and Training, 2001.

Indigenous knowledges and children & carers - global

  • Links are to downloadable PDF files
Awaye! national Indigenous arts and culture program in Australia.
Message Stick - TV program about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lifestyles and issues. They also have a Blog.

Education and Indigenous knowledge

Respecting cultural knowledge

Child health and cultural knowledge

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