Cultural Concepts and Terms

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Cultural heritage

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Continuity of culture, values, knowledge, language, arts, rituals, sites, objects.

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Customary law

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Laws based on traditions and customs.

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Dispossession

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Forced removal from land, economic base, way of life, cultures.

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Dreaming

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Aboriginal creation, spiritual and physical existence, rules for relationships.

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Ethnocentrism

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Judging other cultures by one's own cultural standards.

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Lore

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Learning and transmission of cultural heritage.

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Native title

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Land title recognizing Aboriginal ownership.

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Social justice

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Addressing inequities, rights to independence, empowerment.

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Sovereignty

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Legal recognition of land ownership, right of self-government.

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Terra nullius

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Territory belonging to no-one, used to justify colonization.