From the 19th century until the s—dates very similar to Australia's own history—more than , Aboriginal children were required to attend state-funded schools in an attempt to assimilate them into Canadian society [36] and the purpose of "killing the Indian in the child". There were an estimated residential schools across Canada. An estimated 90, survivors fight to have their stories recorded.
The settlement created a national Truth and Reconciliation Commission. As young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools, where they suffered years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, the effects of which persist in their adult lives.
New Zealand apologised in to a Maori tribe for stealing , hectares of land years earlier. That apology became law. President Tsai Ing-wen formally apologised to Taiwan's indigenous people on 1 August for centuries of suffering and unfair treatment, becoming the island's first-ever leader to do so.
Tsai, Taiwan's only leader with aboriginal blood, said she'll personally head a committee to investigate past injustices as part of government efforts to ease tensions with the native community. I apologise to the indigenous people on behalf of the Government, to give our deepest apology over the suffering and injustice you endured over the past years.
Reconciliation Australia has released a special documentary "to remind and refresh Australians about how it feels to heal and to see things can be better between us. It features behind-the-scenes footage from the two days leading up to the apology, and the event itself.
The Apology runs for 30 minutes. You can order a free copy at www. More and more Australians inoculate themselves against ignorance and stereotypes by finally reading up on Aboriginal history and the culture's contemporary issues. But to truly move forward we need to achieve "herd information". It will definitely be really helpful in me getting to know, understand, honour and relate with Aboriginal people better.
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Make it fun to know better. The Speaker: Prime Minister. We reflect on their past mistreatment. A future based on mutual respect, mutual resolve and mutual responsibility. Story: Kevin's inside story of the apology In an exclusive interview with the Koori Mail newspaper Kevin Rudd explained how he managed to get the apology through parliament [2].
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Join thousands of Smart Owls! Join thousands of Smart Owls who know more! This website is using cookies This site uses cookies to personalise your experience. Yes, that's fine Privacy policy. A landmark report, titled, Bringing Them Home, estimated that as many as one in three indigenous children were taken and placed in institutions and foster care, where many suffered abuse and neglect. A government-funded survivors group, the Healing Foundation, said it had a "profoundly destructive" impact on those removed and their families, many of whom had carried lifelong trauma.
On Monday, the government released an annual report showing that Australia is failing four of seven measures aimed at improving indigenous lives. Mr Hamm said that much optimism about addressing inequality had not been fulfilled since the apology. However, he urged Australians not to give up. Australia fails indigenous equality targets. Ian Hamm was among generations of indigenous Australians who were separated from their families. See more stories.
The parliamentary apology comes 11 years after a report into past assimilation policies found between one in three and one in 10 aboriginal children had been taken from their families between and The report urged a national apology to those affected, known as the Stolen Generations, but the then conservative government under prime minister John Howard rejected the finding and offered only a statement of regret.
Rudd made the apology the first item of parliamentary business for centre-left Labor, which won power in November last year, ending almost 12 years of conservative rule. About members of the Stolen Generations were in parliament to hear the government apologize, some wiping away tears as Rudd spoke.
And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry. We the Parliament of Australia respectfully request that this apology be received in the spirit in which it is offered as part of the healing of the nation.
For the future we take heart; resolving that this new page in the history of our great continent can now be written. We today take this first step by acknowledging the past and laying claim to a future that embraces all Australians.
A future where this Parliament resolves that the injustices of the past must never, never happen again. A future where we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to close the gap that lies between us in life expectancy, educational achievement and economic opportunity.
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