To Indigenous Australians, 'Sorry Day' gives us a chance to raise awareness to the wider-community about Australias' untold brutal history towards the Indigenous people. This also raises awareness to the fact that people in their late 20's and 30's are still, till this day looking for their families due to them being taken away under past 'Assimilation' policies which were widely accepted by Australians. We have not been able to carry on our culture due to past policies preventing us from having traditional names, speaking or practicing our culture. Many of us would like to return to these however, due to regulations on land, farming, mining and construction, all our natural foods, sacred sites, and traditional knowledge will soon be lost.
Please indicate whether you choose a), b), or c). I am organising a graph.
a). I wasn't even born when this all this happened. Why should I say 'Sorry'?
b). Where do I sign up?
c). I'd join in if I knew it would make a change.
Respect!
2007-03-18
12:17:05
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