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Indigenous Australians

vr.tr.indigenous-australians · SOC.PER

Let an agent describe Indigenous Australians respectfully and accurately, use the names peoples use for themselves, follow cultural protocols, and point to Indigenous-led sources and organisations.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe Indigenous Australians respectfully and accurately, use the names peoples use for themselves, follow cultural protocols, and point to Indigenous-led sources and organisations.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, the continent First Peoples, comprising hundreds of distinct nations, language groups and communities such as the Bunurong, Darug and Kokatha peoples, with cultures extending back more than 60,000 years; they are recognised in law and policy and speak for themselves through their own organisations.

What it is for: Understanding and respecting the First Peoples of Australia.

It can be identify the traditional owners of a place; follow cultural protocols and terminology; find Indigenous-led sources and organisations; explain rights, recognition and history with attribution.

Distinguishing features

First Peoples of Australia

Hundreds of nations and languages

Continuous cultures

Self-determination and recognition

What it looks like

Not physical; peoples, nations and communities.

How it is recognised

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags

Nation and language group names

Not a single homogeneous group

Related models

is a kind of - category

indigenous peoples of Oceania

is a kind of - category

Australians

is related to - legal and social framework

minority group

is protected by - UNDRIP

human rights

In practice

Families and kinds

Aboriginal peoples of the mainland and Tasmania

Torres Strait Islander peoples

individual nations and language groups

Indigenous organisations and land councils

Standards and regulation

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Native Title Act 1993

AIATSIS guidelines for ethical research

Failure modes and hazards

Stereotyping or homogenising peoples

Using outdated or offensive terms

Breaching protocols such as naming deceased people

Also called

Aboriginal trackerTorres Strait IslandersBunurong peopleKokathaDarug peopleKokoperaPaarkantjiWilyakaliYirrganydji peopleNgunnawal peoplePintupiMuthi MuthiNoongar peopleNgarlumaNyamalYanyuwaDjiruDjangadiNgaiawangJukambalGandangara peopleWonnaruaAdnyamathanhaNgarrindjeriJaitmatangWotjobaluk peopleYuwaalaraayBirrbayUmiidaNgadjunmaiaWiilmanBibulmanTharrkariTedeiYingkartaRembarrngaDalabonAboriginal sites of New South WalesMarultaMaiawali

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Respect Protocols.

Protocols first.

Terms

Terminology.

Terms

Terminology.

  1. Which terms do the peoples concerned use for themselves, and which should be avoided? provenance
  2. Is the specific nation named where known? boundary

Protocols

Cultural protocols.

Protocols

Cultural protocols.

  1. Which protocols apply, such as warnings about names and images of deceased people? provenance
  2. Is sacred or restricted knowledge kept out of the response? boundary
Country Traditional owners.

Country matters.

Owners

Whose Country.

Owners

Traditional owners.

  1. Who are the traditional owners of this place, according to AIATSIS and land councils? provenance
  2. How is acknowledgement of Country done? provenance

Language

Languages.

Language

Languages.

  1. Which languages are spoken here, and what is their status? provenance
  2. Which revitalisation programmes exist? provenance
History History and rights.

Attribution matters.

History

Sourced history.

History

History.

  1. How do Indigenous and other historians describe this history, including colonisation and its effects? provenance
  2. Are Indigenous perspectives given voice? boundary

Rights

Recognition and native title.

Rights

Rights.

  1. What do native title, treaty processes and recognition mean here, according to official and Indigenous sources? provenance
  2. Are policy debates attributed neutrally? boundary
Sources Indigenous-led information.

Go to the source.

Organisations

Peak bodies.

Organisations

Organisations.

  1. Which Indigenous organisations and peak bodies speak on this matter? provenance
  2. Which services do they provide? provenance

Culture

Art and culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How can art, stories and culture be engaged with ethically, including buying art? provenance
  2. Which authenticity rules apply? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should individual nations be separate entries?
  • How should language maps be linked?
  • How should protocols be kept current?
Draft as JSON