Aborigine (from the Latin, meaning "from the origin") may refer to: Used in a general sense: indigenous peoples— peoples with a prior or historical association with a land, and who maintain (at least in part) their distinct traditions and association with the land, and are differentiated in some way from the surrounding populations and dominant nation-state culture and governance Additionally, several specific indigenous peoples are commonly referred to as "Aborigines" in English usage ...

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ABORIGINAL: Pagan tradition of the native Australian people.

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Aborigine

A word Usually referring to the original inhabitants of Australia (also called "Abos"}They are a shamanic people who have lived in Australia for over 10,000 years. Their term for the astral world is "The Dream Time". Ayers Rock. an unusual rock outcrop in central Australia, is regarded as a vortex, and is regarded as sacred by the aborigines.

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The American Aborigines are a hypothetical group of people, originally from Oceania, who crossed the Pacific Ocean and arrived in South America long before the ancestors of today's American Indian peoples came there. The American Aborigines are claimed to have overspread much of South America before being nearly exterminated by the invaders coming from the north. The first hint of an American Aborigine settlement of South America came from cave paintings in Brazil. The paintings, which predated the supposed date of settlement o ...

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The term "Aboriginal" is another alternate form encountered in English-speaking regions of the world to refer to a people "having existed from the beginning." Its use is largely a product of arbitrary historical circumstance, and its meaning has been formalised in the statutory systems of a few countries where it has been employed. For example, the Canadian Constitution states: "'Aboriginal' in the context of this plan includes all Indian, Inuit, and Métis peoples of Canada" (Constitution Act, 1982, Sub ...

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Native American name controversy, Native American name controversy - Indian, Native American name controversy - American, Native American name controversy - Native, Native American name controversy - Amerindian/Amerind, Native American name controversy - Indigenous, Native American name controversy - Aboriginal, Native American name controversy - Languages and cultures, Native American name controversy - Canada, Native American name controversy - Mexico, Native American name controversy - United States

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Canadian Aboriginal syllabic writing (often "syllabics" for short) is, despite its name, a family of alphabets (specifically, abugidas) used to write a number of Aboriginal Canadian languages of the Algonquian, Athabaskan, and Inuit language families. Canadian syllabics are presently used to write all of the Cree dialects from Naskapi (spoken in Quebec) to the Rocky Mountains, including Eastern Cree, James Bay Cree, Swampy Cree and Plains Cree. It is used to write other Algonquian languages, such as the major Ojibwe dialects in ...

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• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - History
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Basic principles
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Vocabulary of Canadian Syllabics
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Syllables
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Finals
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Diacritics
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Points
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Series
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Variations
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Algonquian
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Inuktitut
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Blackfoot
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Athabaskan
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Current usage
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
• Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Origins

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Aboriginal peoples in Canada are indigenous peoples recognized in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982 as Indians (First Nations), Métis, and Inuit. The term "First Peoples" has also been used synonymously. As of the 2001 Canadian Census there are over 900,000 Aboriginal people in Canada. This includes approximately 600,000 people of First Nations descent, 290,000 Métis, and 45,000 Inuit. National representative bodies of Aboriginal peoples in Canada include the Assembly of First Nations, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, t ...

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• Aboriginal peoples in Canada - Aboriginal languages
• Aboriginal peoples in Canada - Capitalization

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The Australian Aboriginal languages comprise several language families and isolates native to Australia and a few nearby islands, but by convention excluding Tasmania. The relationships between these languages are not clear at present, although substantial progress has been made on our understanding in recent decades. Most Australian languages are extinct or endangered. Of those that survive, only 10% are being learned by children. This is largely a result of a concerted effort by past Australian governments to eradicate Aborig ...

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• Australian Aboriginal languages - Common features
• Australian Aboriginal languages - Phonetics and phonology
• Australian Aboriginal languages - Classification
• Australian Aboriginal languages - Languages
• Australian Aboriginal languages - Non-Pama Nyungan languages

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The indigenous peoples of Australia can be classified into hundreds of language groups and clans. For this reason it is incorrect to classify any attribute as universal to them as a whole. However, almost all the belief systems found seem to be what can be considered a polytheistic, animistic religion. The following are individual religious stories from a plethora of cultures across the continent. Where possible, the ...

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Australian folklore refers to the folklore and urban legends of Australia. Australian folklore - Australian Aboriginal mythology. Bunyip - According to legend, they are said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes. Rainbow serpent - It is the sometimes unpredictable Rainbow Serpent, who vies with the ever-reliable Sun, that replenishes the stores of water, forming gullies and deep channels as he slithered across the landscape, allowing for the collection ...

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• Australian folklore - Australian Aboriginal mythology
• Australian folklore - Animals/creatures
• Australian folklore - People
• Australian folklore - Places
• Australian folklore - Socio-political events
• Australian folklore - Sport
• Australian folklore - Other

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The didgeridoo (or didjeridu) is a unique wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe". Musicologists classify it as an aerophone. There are no reliable sources stating the didgeridoo's exact age, though it is commonly claimed to be the world's oldest wind instrument. Archaeological studies of rock art in northern Australia suggests that the Aboriginal people of the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory have been using the didgeridoo for about 1500 years, based on the dating of paint ...

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• Didgeridoo - Construction and play
• Didgeridoo - Cultural significance
• Didgeridoo - The modern didgeridoo industry
• Didgeridoo - New versions
• Didgeridoo - Interesting facts
• Didgeridoo - Famous didgeridoo players

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Aborigines, according to the government's current standard for recognition, make up less 2% of the total population of Taiwan, yet by 1994, 34% of the entire aboriginal population had relocated to the cities. The economic boom Taiwan experienced between during the last quarter of the 20th century resulted in drawing large numbers of aborigines out of their villages and into the urban workforce. Construction jobs were generally available for aborigines, who could not receive satisfactory educations on their reservations and lacked other marke ...

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Taiwanese aborigines, Taiwanese aborigines - List of tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - History of aboriginal tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - Plains lowland tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - The European period, Taiwanese aborigines - Qing rule, Taiwanese aborigines - Highland tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - Headhunting, Taiwanese aborigines - Aborigines under the Nationalists, Taiwanese aborigines - Modern aborigines

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While all agree that a tragedy has occurred, the fate, state and mandate of Tasmanian Aborigines has been particularly controversial in recent years. 20th century historians commonly viewed the Tasmanian Aborigine as extinct due to the absence of any "full blood" Tasmanian Aborigines after the death of Truganini in 1876. Up until the mid 1970s, this view was widely accepted in white Australia, but the appearance of vocal campaigners for the Aboriginal cause such as Michael Mansell changed this view dramatically, to the point where it is now widely accepted within the Tasmania ...

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Tasmanian Aborigines, Tasmanian Aborigines - Pre-Settlement History, Tasmanian Aborigines - Post-Settlement History, Tasmanian Aborigines - Who is an Aborigine?, Tasmanian Aborigines - Some prominent Tasmanian Aborigines

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Taiwan is recognized by many linguists and scholars as the original homeland of the Austronesian language family. It is believed the Austronesian languages and cultures originated on Taiwan roughly 6000 years ago due to a lengthy split from its root in southern Asia. Linguistic evidence shows a greater diversity of language on Taiwan than other Austronesian speaking areas. Linguists also note earlier linguistic separations that mark the earliest settlements. According to the R.O.C. government, there are 12 tribes on Taiwan which are eligible ...

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Taiwanese aborigines, Taiwanese aborigines - List of tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - History of aboriginal tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - Plains lowland tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - The European period, Taiwanese aborigines - Qing rule, Taiwanese aborigines - Highland tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - Headhunting, Taiwanese aborigines - Aborigines under the Nationalists, Taiwanese aborigines - Modern aborigines

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Taiwan is recognized by many linguists and scholars as the original land of the Austronesian language. It is believed the Austronesian language and culture originated on Taiwan roughly 6000 years ago due to a lengthy split from its root in southern Asia. Linguistic evidence shows a greater diversity of language on Taiwan than other Austronesian speaking areas. Linguists note earlier linguistic separations mark the earliest settlements. According to the R.O.C. government, there are 12 tribes on Taiwan which are eligible to receive tribal stat ...

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Taiwanese aborigines, Taiwanese aborigines - List of tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - History of aboriginal tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - Plains lowland tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - The European period, Taiwanese aborigines - Qing rule, Taiwanese aborigines - Highland tribes, Taiwanese aborigines - Headhunting, Taiwanese aborigines - Aborigines under the Nationalists, Taiwanese aborigines - Modern aborigines

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It was first flown on National Aborigines' Day in Victoria Square in Adelaide on 12 July 1971, where it still flies today. It was also used in Canberra at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972. Before the current Aboriginal flag was used at the tent embassy, other designs were used earlier in the year, including a black, green and red flag made by Sydney supporters, and also a flag with a spear and four cresc ...

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Australian Aboriginal Flag, Australian Aboriginal Flag - Design, Australian Aboriginal Flag - History, Australian Aboriginal Flag - Use

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In 1934 Australian painter Rex Batterbee taught Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira western style watercolour landscape painting, along with other Aboriginal artists at the Hermannsburg mission in the Northern Territory. It became a popular style which sold out when the paintings were exhibited in Melbourne, Adelaide and other Australian cities. Namatjira became the first Aboriginal Australian citizen, a ...

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Australian Aboriginal art, Australian Aboriginal art - Aboriginal painting, Australian Aboriginal art - Bark painting, Australian Aboriginal art - Carvings and sculpture, Australian Aboriginal art - Other art, Australian Aboriginal art - Religious and cultural aspects of Aboriginal art, Australian Aboriginal art - Graffiti and other destructive influences, Australian Aboriginal art - Modern Aboriginal Artists, Australian Aboriginal art - List of contemporary Aboriginal artists, Australian Aboriginal art - Famous sites of Aboriginal art

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Middle Bronze Age 19-15th c. BC Proto-Canaanite 14th c. BC Ugaritic 13th c. BC Phoenician 11th c. BC Samaritan 6th c. BC Aramaic 9th c. BC Brāhmī 6th c. BC Hebrew 3rd c. BC Syriac 2nd c. BC Avestan 3th c. Arabic 4th c. Greek 8th c. BC Old Italic 8th c. BC Latin 7th c. BC Runes 2nd c. Gothic 4th c. Armenian 405 Glagolitic 862 Cyrillic 10th c. ...

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Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - History, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Basic principles, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Vocabulary of Canadian Syllabics, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Syllables, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Finals, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Diacritics, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Points, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Series, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Variations, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Algonquian, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Inuktitut, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Blackfoot, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Athabaskan, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Current usage, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Origins

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Middle Bronze Age 19-15th c. BC Proto-Canaanite 14th c. BC Ugaritic 13th c. BC Phoenician 11th c. BC Samaritan 6th c. BC Aramaic 9th c. BC Brāhmī 4th c. BC Hebrew 3rd c. BC Syriac 2nd c. BC Avestan 3th c. Arabic 4th c. Greek 8th c. BC Old Italic 8th c. BC Latin 7th c. BC Runes 2nd c. Gothic 4th c. Armenian 405 Glagolitic 862 Cyrillic 10th c. ...

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Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - History, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Basic principles, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Vocabulary of Canadian Syllabics, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Syllables, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Finals, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Diacritics, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Points, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Series, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Variations, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Algonquian, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Inuktitut, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Blackfoot, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Athabaskan, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Current usage, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - Origins

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Traditionally, paints were often made from water or spittle mixed with ochre and other rock pigments. Painting was then performed on persons, rock walls or bark (particular that of the paperbark gum). Tools used included primitive brushes, sticks, fingers and even a technique of spraying the paint directly out of the mouth onto the medium resulting in an effect similar to modern spraypaint. There are a wide variety of styles of Aboriginal art. Three common types are X-ray art, in which the skeletons and viscera of the animals a ...

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Australian Aboriginal art, Australian Aboriginal art - Aboriginal painting, Australian Aboriginal art - Bark painting, Australian Aboriginal art - Carvings and sculpture, Australian Aboriginal art - Other art, Australian Aboriginal art - Religious and cultural aspects of Aboriginal art, Australian Aboriginal art - Graffiti and other destructive influences, Australian Aboriginal art - Modern Aboriginal Artists, Australian Aboriginal art - List of contemporary Aboriginal artists, Australian Aboriginal art - Famous sites of Aboriginal art

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