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WHO implemented the Indigenous Peoples and Substance Use project as a means of empowering these communities and giving them the responsibility and control over their own health. Substance use problems are one of the major social and health issues facing this particular population group. Across the world, indigenous cultures have useful perspectives and approaches that can be utilized in treatment of people with substance use problems.
WHO first initiated the Indigenous Peoples and Substance more...
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The vast disparities between the health of Australia’s indigenous Aboriginals and the rest of the population are disquieting in such an affluent country. Jonathan Dart reports on how the government aims to improve Aboriginal health by tackling the social problems undermining their communities.
David Wongway is an elder of the Imanpa council in the Aboriginal community of Mount Ebenezer in the Northern Territory. The 200-strong community has been here for longer than anyone can remember and more...
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Central Australian Aboriginal Congress was established in 1973 and has gown over 30 years to be one of the largest and oldest Aboriginal community controlled health services in the Northern Territory.
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Just days after the release of a government- commissioned report into child sex abuse in Indigenous communities, a Northern Territory woman says abuse has been happening on the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin, for decades.
Amanda Tipiloura says she knows of a case where a 11-year-old girl was raped by a community member on the Tiwi Islands during this year's grand final day celebrations.
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The Supreme Court of Belize ruled in Cal v. Attorney General that the national government must recognize the indigenous Mayans’ customary tenure to land and refrain from any act that might prejudice their use or enjoyment of this land. The landmark Supreme Court ruling which recognizes the rights of Indigenous Peoples to their land was a great victory for Mayan communities in Belize.
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In attempts to skirt constitutionally required consultations with First Nations, mining corporations are seeking access to territory by dragging the process through the Ontario legal system long enough to bankrupt cash-strapped First Nations.
Situated about 580 km north of Thunder Bay is Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation (KIFN; Big Trout Lake). Despite winning an important legal victory on July 28, 2006, in the Ontario Superior Court – a victory that forced Ontario mining explorat more...
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