Zaeeda-SLJ-# Week 2 Day 4 (INDIGENOUS RIGHTS)

Week 2: I Have A Dream....
Day 4: INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
Welcome back to another amazing day doing the summer learning journey. Yesterday we learnt about women rights and how genders shouldn't divide. Today we are focusing on indigenous rights. I don't know much about this so I am excited about doing these tasks.

Activity 1: Guiding Principles
The first task we were required us to read through 7 whakatauki (Maori Proverbs/Quotes). We then had to choose one that had a meaning to us. We then had to create a poster with a photo or image of something that relate to the proverb.

Hone Heke was a Chief  (Rangatira), of the Ngapuhi iwi, that's located in Northland. Hone Heke was a powerful and good leader. He fought for his tribe and along side other Maori during the British colonization in New Zealand.  He had much respect for the missionaries and was baptized christian in 1835. He also supported the Treaty of Waitangi.

But after some time he soon realized that because of the Treaty of Waitangi, the Maori were losing power. He protested by cutting down the flag pole in Kororareka that flew the British flag no once or twice, but 4 times. 

He was probably very frustrated and irritated. When people feel that things are wrong and they really dislike things, they find it difficult to put there thoughts and emotions into words. Many cultures have sayings quotes and metaphors to express thoughts and special meanings. In Te Reo Maori these proverbs are called Whakatauki.


 My internet had stopped working for a while so I decided to actually make this poster. The Whakatauki I chose was "It's fine to have recollections of the past, but wisdom comes from being able to prepare opportunities for the future". This relates to me as the New Year just started (Happy New Year BTW) and lots of stuff is going to happen. I think it would be a good idea to keep this in mind.

Activity 2: Celebrating Diversity
For this task we were asked to learn about multiple Indigenous groups. We then had to choose 2 groups and share 2 facts about each group on our blogs. 4 facts in total.

Between 370-500 million Indigenous Peoples are estimated to be living in 90 countries around the world. They represent over 5000 different cultures when put together, they speak  around 4000 different languages. 

Indigenous people are people who lived on the land first. In New Zealand, Maori are the Indigenous people. Indigenous people have unique backgrounds that make the world an amazing and different place to live.

Australian Aboriginal
One of the oldest population groups of humans living outside Africa are Australian Aboriginal People. Some people say 70,000 years ago they migrated from in boats.

A genetic study that was conducted in 2017 on genomes on 111 Australian aboriginal people showed that the Australian aboriginal people nowadays are closely related to common ancestor who was apart of a population that appeared on the mainland about 50,000 years ago. 

The British colonization began in 1788, it was estimated that between, 750,000 and 1.25 Aboriginal Australians lived at the time. Soon trouble arose, with the locals devastated the British-Settlers started to take over the Aboriginal lands. Due to the violent conflicts, close to 20,000 indigenous people died on the colony’s frontiers, though some did survive. Most were defeated, by massacres and they continued to lose power as the British-settlers seized their land.

Ainu People
Hokkaido Japan, is a northern island that belongs to japan. It's home to the indigenous Ainu people. 25,000 Ainu people are estimated to live there currently. 

Polices that were made by the Government, back in the 19th century. Pointed out that Ainu might've have been a  dying ethnic group. The Ainu people have lived in Hokkaido, Sakhalin and on Kuril Islands for centuries, without making much movement they were quite remote.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/15693951@N00/32322573270

The Japanese government, forced the Ainu to become Japanese citizens without their permission and opinions. This happened between 1871-1876. They weren't even allowed to speak the Ainu language, instead they were forced to speak Japanese. Their land was made public and there normal life style (Fishing, Hunting & Plant Gathering) was banned too. 

Activity 3: Wise Words
For this task we were to ask someone we look up to, or is a role model to us, a piece of advice. Some amazing words of wisdom and that we would share on our blogs.

The person I look up to is my mum, she an amazing person and work hard for our family and being a good member of the public. I think she's a great role model as she is a hard working mum with 3 kids, and she is still able to working long hours to make money for our family. My mum is also very modest and doesn't ask for to much either.

Her exact words of wisdom were "Go for gold and try you best, no matter what the outcome, you'll know you tried" I love this quote and I think it's an amazing quote and words to live by. This could apply to both your everyday life and times when things aren't going you way. Whichever way you look at it these are some wise words to live by Thanks Mum!

That concludes the second to last day of the second week. Had fun and can't wait to do more, I've been busy with some stuff New, Years Christmas and just family in general. I can't wait to catch up and continue doing the summer learning journey!