Most powerful comment "we do not own the land, the land owns us...the earth is our mother and when she is ready she takes everything that she owns right back to where it came from!!"
@@thirstiestvillager9233 they aren’t bound to the land, they just respect the earth a lot, and they can leave but traditions make them feel indebted to feed and care for it
This whole story broke my heart and I am still crying. I am Native American. I really hate that "tittle" as I am an Indian, maybe an American Indian is better. I live on my reservation, and cry often for the loss of our lives. We too believe the earth is our mother, and I can't understand how people can damage her so then walk away without a thought for what they have done. I cry for my elders, for the lives they had to leave behind. I am an old lady now, soon I will join my grandmothers and we will sing again and dance with the others that left before us. I have watched my people slowly fade into the back ground. I know that alcohol is tearing my people apart still. Many years ago, in the 1960's and before, this reservation was a "dry" reservation, no alcohol allowed. It doesn't stop anything, my people drink more than they should. There are few who find their way off the reservation, and even fewer who find a meaningful life. I loved your video, as sad as it made me, I wish for these people to be allowed to live the way they want to, not the way others think they should. Peace to all.
May God help Aboriginal Australians in Jesus name...as I am a Descendant of the people & the Cherokee Nation in North America who are forced to learn American Atheists Idealogies...worse the Rich people are Serial Killers and Cannibals eating Human meat of their Victims of Slavery still going on in the USA and their hiding it from the World. I've tried to get help here, but being a Slave all of my life held in Chains like a dog, the Police who controls their Billion Dollar Pornagraphy Industry, stole my passport and I'm held hostage here in the USA, with no help at all. I've called Congressman to no avail, some to me straight up no, we can not help you. Never come to the United States, it's the worse country on Earth 🌍...in Jesus name...Amen...
i'm so sorry for all of this. i feel the world is changing. even though i'm mostly white i agree with what i've read and listened to about Indigenous culture and beliefs. It is better and makes sense as opposed to the white way, which really is insane. i feel the world is changing and the white way are dying out. some technology can be nice, but it is insane and suicidal to exploit our home and other people and creatures, build nukes and this money system and plastic and what not.
I am an elder of the Lakota/Anishinabe nations from the western hemisphere. Just came across this video and watched it. It is the same old story about attempted genocide against the indigenous people of this planet Earth. I encourage you all to remain in resistance against the destruction of your people, continue your sacred ceremonies and speaking your ancestral languages, and singing those old songs, all those things that we know to be right. They would like to kill us all, but they will never be successful because they cannot break our Spirit. Purification, justice, redemption and great destruction is coming to our detractors. We know who they are. Hetch etu welo. Pilomiya. Mitakuye Oyasin. Wolfheart.
Kenneth Wolf - 👍I completely agree with you!!! Thank you for speaking up and speaking the truth. I’m sorry for what the white man, detractors and any other evil doers have done to the original people of the land around the globe. I love you. 💞
@Antoni Bertolacci : No , Jeremy is correct in that there was NO government policy or intent to slaughter Aboriginals in any State. There were "terrible local acts of vengeance" against some tribes that were responsible for killing white farmers but these incidents, were not systematic.
Kenneth Wolf .... They killed out my family in the Caribbean. My grandparents of native Caribe/Arawak people. They made sure to education there children about out history, before ascending to there maker. When I looked at those ppl, I see my bloodline so mighty and strong in every single one of them. The little boy looks so much like my brother and I. ... Do you have any other contact? I would love to stay in contact with you.
Jeremy Kirkpatrick oh really ! What about the Tasmanian’s? STFU and educate yourself before you spout opinions depleted of truth . Know the facts before you open your damned mouth . The Tasmanian’s were hunted out of existence. This is one genocide of a people that we know of . What about those that “Australia” has buried. The eradication of a persons culture and it’s replacement with alcohol is another form of genocide inflicted upon indigenous people, whether it’s in Africa, the Americas or Australia it’s still a form of genocide especially when there is no way back . Right now the Amazon is ablaze and it’s inhabitants are at risk . This only serves the agendas of loggers and mining companies who delight in the stripping of the earth of all its natural resources, leaving the land , barren ,toxic and ruined . Europeans are the scourge of the planet and First Nation peoples.
That first Aborigine that spoke and told the short story about the Witch Doctor. He broke my heart and had me in tears. Hang on a little longer my friends and you will be free once again. After 70,000 years, you can't stop now. A new time is coming.
Meaning we are all going to hell, remember in the biblical time Egypt was one of the first to enslave others the Bronze age paved the 11th century - 19th century ideology, if the bronze age never game we would all be still living in caves. Bronze age had the first slaves and first cities ever built. This is where the European countries got their ideas for the future. In the biblical time Pagans were farmers and hunters not colonials or city builders like today.
I am from Sydney Australia and i love and respect the Aboriginal people. My parents always took us on holidays to the Australia outback. We met beautiful people and they embraced us with their culture, food and stories. I pray we all turn to them for spiritual connection here on Mother Earth 🙏
I take it you are a white Australian. Praying for them is a good sentiment, but serve absolutely no benefit, What people need is to be treated as equals.. and not as 10th class humans. We think that what the NAZI'S did to 6 million people in WW2 was inhuman and depraved But the way white Australian's continued to persecute the native population even as recently as the 1980's In my book that makes what the NAZI'S did pales in comparison to what white Australian's have been and are continuing to do to the native inhabitants It's 2022 now, and the least white Australian can do is help to educate and improve their living conditions Not by token efforts but to a level enjoyed by white Australian's. The world is mad when saving indangered animals has more priority and resources than helping native inhabitants Shame on us all, after all we all share a collective responsibility
@@javeedsultan8484 Australia have the opportunity to become a beautiful place for everyone! White Australia are stopping that process by preserving their dying colonialism! We had the opportunity to achieve many (first's) in Australia - But greed, power & imperialism halted that process! Racism is actually costing Australia's economy billions!
You need to do much much more than that. You need to help the First People’s of Australia rise from the colonized state they are suffering in. Go to the Elders and ask them “how May I help” volunteer! Care enough to get involved. Don’t just sit on the sidelines taking from them and not giving anything back. 🙏🏽. I pray you will receive these words.
Been there done that. If you are an empath, there are videos in which you will possible have to stop watching for about a week. It takes awhile to deal with some of the horrors that are going on globally. Trafficking of children is one of those topics....especially as a victim goes into detail... if you tube still allows those videos. It is 9/2022 as I type this things are rapidly changing...
Much love Aborigines from a black African, others can only study you to fulfill anxiety but we can feel the deep inside of you. We can see it through your eyes, songs and dance. Please don't go extinct. Keep yourselves alive
Much love to all oppressed people from a white/Latino hippie from Northern California. We’re fighting for CRT here in the states so all POC can be taught the real truth of their history and how they were treated by the colonizers. Peace on ya! 🤦♀️😱🥵❤️✌️👏✊
I'm native American (Tupi) and I approve this message. I hope they can do what many in this hemisphere had no chance off, keep their culture alive. It is an existence worse than death, that I wouldn't even wish it on the imperialists that set the west on fire. The very people that called my people savages, are finally recognized as the murderers that they have always been. With all that said, we must remember for who forgiveness is really for. Don't let the hate bubble over. A good portion of their descendants are good people, it is not their fault. What their ignorant ancestors did can never be undone or forgotten. Yet it must be forgiven so we may move ahead.
Beautiful people. I hope that they will always have their connection to the land. The modern would do well to learn from all the indigenous people of the world.
@@andreareinhardt6834 doesn't cost a thing either! I grew up in the city - I'm older & back home now & nothing is more healthier than waking up to the birds and trees - Even the rain is beautiful when the birds aren't singing! I'm off into the bush for a few days because I don't want any phones, TV's etc around me! 🕊️
A documentary like this I find is a very important kind. It’s dated in some ways and has it’s flaws, but It really gives good first hand accounts and experiences, and I think that is a somewhat ignored aspect in a lot of popular modern documentaries. You connect with the people in this film. You want to learn their stories and culture. And it shows just how tragic it is to lose something like that. Imagine having generations stolen from your own history. Preservation of culture is immensely important.
A large part of Australia should be returned to the Aboriginals and fenced off so they can revert back to their natural lifestyle. We spend so much money creating appropriate conditions for Koalas, the Great Barrier Reef, etc., but expect the Aboriginals to adapt to European lifestyles that are unnatural for them. Why do we act surprised when they struggle so much when placed in conditions they are not made for? It's like putting a goldfish in a saltwater tank and being surprised when it dies.
Because then society would be forced to accept that many world peoples are not able to adapt to western society. It's degrading to Aboriginals, especially now that many of them are used to the fruits of white culture.
That's like segregation, it has its own set of problems just look at what doing tgat did to the native americans culture, it is now just fueled by drug and alcohol abuse with goverment dependance, no purpose or responsibly is the worse evil you can place on a person. The world is nolonger a environment for living how we once had and they most likly will have to face that in the future so facing it now will only benifit them in the future, it's up to them how much of there culture is worth the work to preserve but the world will keep moving forward.
blue2tang you know the British themselves were oppressed by their government and imprisoned like it’s the Aussies fault today their ancestors were Britain’s prisoners dropped off on an island ? Tf ?
the sexual assault in those communities is out of control. The dry communities are the good ones. Alcohol and drugs are the scourge of mankind, full stop. This world would be a fantastic place without either of them
This is a saddest film I've ever watched in my entire life time how do Australians live with themselves knowing that the owners of the land were denied even the basic lifestyle
What else can they do? A few northern Europeans were kind, but the bulk were in it for short term gain. Also, so much was unknown about the ecology of this interesting continent. Because it has a salt pan from previous ocean coverage. European farming practices are tjhe worst way to handle this land.
@Jamie Nelson No mate it not a choice it the life that they where given back in the day and have you ever had your rights taken away as person or your culture and then be told lies what really happened to Aboriginal peoples ,I know because I am Aboriginal you You don't know anything we are not given much? free medical ,some times and what else ?????? Can you please tell me what else we get given
@Jamie Nelson well we know you're white but may I add. How dumb are you to ASSume one one have to be from Australia to know the devastation Europeans have bestowed upon the land of BLACKS everywhere
9:20 "We do not own the land, the land owns us" Wow. The aborigines had a similar concept about the land as the Native Americans, and imagine they are oceans apart. For Native Americans, land ownership was less defined and more temporary. One tribe might claim control of a hunting range or one family might farm a plot of land for a season but they didn't own it forever. Most lands was free for everyone to use but not to own.
We tell people every single time! "We don't own the land - The land owns us" But everyone's perception is we want all the land it's ours! We want the land for the animals & vegetation, because the animals still feed us! I grew up on kangaroo, porcupine, possum, fish etc... We also cannot eat our totems!
Education is only learning what we are told we need to learn, their education is about life, survival, trust, loving your fellow man, but this is what killed off their natural life, but they are still not like us, greedy, we will kill ourselves off these people will survive it.
What good is your western education and science when your civilization is destroying Earth, our home planet after slaughtering the guardians of the Earth? The true educated and civilized people. It's also killing you through wars, WMD, radioactivity, pesticides, GMO, hate, cancers and self-created viruses...?
syed kahar yeah as if the sentinelese have ears and eyes on the outside. Those islanders know nothing but enkidu-like innocence. They are aggressive because human tribes are aggressive to foreigners
@@approachinggnosis4613 being that you've never met them, know nothing about their language or their culture, it's safe to say you know not what they know and what they know not
@@matthewhernandez5365 there violent because British solders kidnapped villagers from sentinel island and some died and they returned the others after it happened
And we would love too have you come and visit and enjoy yourself and we the aboriginal people of Australia will treat you like diamonds and family.....
We've stripped them of most of their Dreamtime stories and heritage through displacement and the "stolen generation" and replaced it with Christianity and assimilation. It makes me sick what we've done to these people. We contrive to think they're better off because they're Christian. Who's better off? A person who believes in a foreign religion, or a person who still has the memories and culture of their own people going back thousands and thousands of years, far beyond Christianity was even thought of. What these people could have taught us if we treated them as equals and recognized how enlightened they really are...? Their level of enlightenment hasn't even been talked about in the mainstream. Dreamtime is so much more than I ever realized.. I have a heavy heart every time I see an ancient people drawn into Christianity, the religion I was brought up with. The religion that the first action of is to convert, rather than respect an already in place practiced belief. That is not love and respect and acceptance. It is Vanity. Placing one's importance over another's. How much richness of culture have these people lost forever...? I guess now, we will never know...
Dear Brad pool very heart touching post.i join with your feelings ..you have a great good heart and soul...you are the best human in this selfish world.thank you let your good heart grow for the goodness and kindness for others.
@Dancing With Fools I was meaning from the point of view of the government and religious leaders of the time and their reasons for doing it. A kid stolen from their family and forced to undergo foreign religious education, not allowed to speak their own language or perform their traditional rituals and in many cases unable to see their parents again is going to lose something of their own identity and have it replaced with something else and has little choice to do anything but comply. Of course they didn't all become christian but many did including some in this documentary. The point being it was forced upon them as if "the only way for these people to find salvation", their own religious beliefs and rituals looked on as demonic by western leaders of the time. And just for the record I have known indigenous Aussies not on welfare and why suggest they would become advocates of small government and so forth if they became christian? Wouldn't this be possible whether or not they were christian? Some of them have become high level lawyers and many other occupations, we just don't see it in the mainstream media as often as we see other Aussies in these roles. I think you'll agree the picture is much bigger than just what we see and our own personal experience.
@@athensmajnoo3661 Hopefully more people watch NITV. I never knew aboriginal culture was so profound in its stories and teachings, there's so much in it. And the policies of this government towards first nation people have been so racist for so long. And much of the population including me, ignorant. We still don't hear about everything they're going through. I hope The Uluru Statement From The Heart becomes Australian policy. Thankyou for your touching comment.
Those kids singing!! Loved listening to them so much that I replayed that part a few times. What a beautiful culture they have, I hope it never gets lost. It makes me angry seeing how much suffering these beautiful people have gone through just because the white man wanted what was not theirs to take (the land).
I would rather see the aboriginal people.using there own spiritual songs art and dances, than have them tainted with the Catholic Church doctrines. Yet with all these obstacles surrounding them, these people.still find happiness and love for one another. 😊
After everything the white government put them through I'm not surprised the Catholic influence is there, but I'd have to agree it seems like a taint. However, for worse or not it is who some have become. I'm just happy they can do something that makes them happy and can be lucrative. Unfortunately (ya knew this was coming), the artist dont see the majority of that money unless one purchases from sites that are set up to get the majority of the funds to the natives. Native Americans art from the southwest has the same problems! The Romans had it right when they said, "Caveat emptor"! Due diligence pays off for customer, conscience and humanity.
@@karencontestabile6064 That comment on the heels of Nikki's has gotta be teetering on counterproductive. That's coming from an avowed grammar nazi too!
Are you from aboriginal descent? And why do you see aborignal people rather not in a Catholic church, Protestant or maybe muslim? I think that everybody is free in a so called democratic society as they please. is it so that people should evolve and not to be treated as a backward outcast whom have to live in poverty?Aslong aborignal people can make theyr own choises individually whitout beeing discrimminated by a white male cooperated system and can get education and jobs, the future will be nice for everybody.
The land belongs to every Australian of ALL races. Somewhere back in time, I am pretty sure your forefathers invaded some village next door. Perhaps you should move out of your house and give it up in shame. Oh and give up your citizenship too. All citizens must have equal rights.
@@thirstiestvillager9233 unlike animals, humans are far more morally driven and intelligent. you must’ve inherited your thought process from the monkeys though.
I think these people are BEAUTIFUL . My ansesters were from Ireland and Wales. The Irish were treated badly also. What is done is done. Now we have to live together in harmony. There is no other solution.
Oh really? How badly? Were you genocided? I am sure in Ireland there is no statute of limitations for genocide. You see, up in heaven there is God Almighty who has said VENGEANCE IS MINE. I WILL REPAY. He will execute judgment for the death, disease and destruction that your kind has unleashed against non Caucasian people around the world.
What a genuinely wonderful story of Humanity's true Elders. I am a better person after learning more about this most beautiful and important part of our Human family. May the land be returned to the Ab-Original's.Thank you.
keep in mind their culture lasted 50 thousand years without much change. We're flying around making a lot of noise and calling ourselves civilized but we 'bumped into them' a short 200+ years ago. We're just unwelcome guests dropping by unannounced, and making impolite conversation. They'll be the ones around long after we've gone.
the real question is how in the hell did these people survive without refrigerators, fast food, movies, video games and air conditioning???? lets thank Christ that we have brought them into the modern world. i mean now they have government housing and welfare and hopefully government cheese like they give to poor people in the united states.
Having lived with Aboriginal peoples for a year, their greatest problems seem to be the result of missionaries having destroyed their culture. The Elders are totally lost as the younger generation seem to treat them with disdain, it is so sad to see. It would appear that this has been a universal approach by European settlers world wide. First destroy the culture and would appear to be irreversible.
Their not allowed to get educated? Or sober ? I did! . Modern Western Civilization us not perfect. But it's benifits to global Civilization vastly out weigh any so called negatives! Am I allowed to say that ?
The "noble savage" . Lol Look, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and there are handsome and gorgeous Aboriginals BUT they're RACISTS for demanding MORE than every other Australian on the basis of their ethnicity/race. They're milking the "First Australian" thing for all its worth. Should the 2nd Australians (Brits) get MORE than the 3rd Australians (Chinese), who should get MORE than the 4th Australians (southern Europeans Greeks, Italians who should get MORE than the 5th Australians (perhaps Indians etc. Treat ALL Australians as EQUAL because that is what we are.
@William Solia Australia belongs to ALL Australian citizens. Australia is not or should not aspire to being an apartheid state where one ethnic group benefits to the detriment of other groups. When I see an Aboriginal, I see a man or a woman who can compete with me on EQUAL terms. Please stop looking down on Aboriginals and expecting LESS from them just because they are Aboriginal. Do you understand the concept of EQUALITY? That means people are treated the same irrespective of their ethnicity/race.
@William Solia People of ALL ethnicities make up Australia. It is up to the individual to make good. There are Indian, Middle Eastern, African, Chinese, Vietnamese Australians and they do not have access to the special benefits Aboriginals enjoy simply on the basis of their ethnicity/race. Now take oh the Vietnamese. They came from a war torn country as refugees with nothing. Most did not speak English but they worked 16 hours a day doing back breaking menial work, opened little shops, had their shop front windows smashed but persevered in striving to make ends meet and then went on to educate their children to fit in with mainstream Australia. Oh and they weren't just a different ethnicity from white Australia but they were also the "enemy" after the Vietnam war. OMG. Life is hard and getting harder. Don't expect others to support Aboriginals. There the NOTHING to stop any Aboriginal form pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps like every other Australian of ALL ethnicities/races/skin colours/cultures. Stop making excuses for Aboriginals please. Respect is earned, not demanded or worse still begged for.
Seriously? Hahaha. Aboriginal Australia was not an idyllic paradise. Traditional warfare amongst Aboriginals was common, taking place between groups on an ongoing basis, with great rivalries being maintained over extended periods of time. There were four types of Australian Aboriginal traditional warfare; formal battles, ritual trials, raids for women, and revenge attacks.
These people are poor and deprived, but note the peace & compassion among the children & the adults. The narrator says how they share winnings when playing cards so that the game never ends. Where, in the West, could you observe this kind of genuine co-existence & sharing. Unfortunately, this way of life also will be destroyed.
We just don't gamble in much of the west. In my family it's always been considered folly. Even with the drunks, womanizers, and junkies, we never had gamblers. Disgusting habit to toy with luck so as to impoverish yourself on purpose with the hope to keep what you already earned, and somehow walk away with more.
All this is totally wrong. they are not deprived, they are given $33 Billion pa amongst 300,000 of them. Free medical, education, housing unlike others. They are actually VERY privileged. They also get another $40 Billion pa from mining royalties from land they don`t own and are not entitled to. They are notorious for beating their wives and raping kids. They only stopped eating children 100 yrs ago. The terrible white settlers stopped them. There were no stolen children, half castes were killed at birth so were taken to safety. These are the facts. Write that if you genuinely want to tell the truth.
they dont molest children thats bullshit the australian media made up so they could secure natural resources by restricting movements of the aboriginals in certain locations
Theknow All Yet Aboriginal Australians despite there low average IQ invented there own tools such as Boomerangs, Nulla Nullas, Woomeroos, Message Sticks, Fire Hunting Tactics, Dot Paintings, Aboriginal Shields, Rattles, Flyers, Dingeridoos, Clap Sticks, And more
matthew mann Most of that came from Indonesia. The surviving NT Aboriginals are new wave only arriving here 3000 years ago. Compare them to the Tasmanian Aboriginal who couldn’t make fire.
@@shannonbennett8251 Exactly, not to mention the Irish convicts were slaves and sometimes treated worse than the aboriginals. Also the English aren't all white people.
Very interesting, the sea turtles are considered an endangered species by those that have taken over Australia. Yet the aborigine, who declines in numbers yearly, is not. There is more value on preservation of animals than for hue-man life. Very interesting.
Make Australia Great Again - Give it back! A culture of 80,000 years, that thrived through two massive climate changes, with 350 language groups, no war fare, conflict resolution, permaculturing, gathering, making, trading across the continent. Beyond sustainable, nurturing. The Society that Nurtures the enviroment has to be sensitive to do that well. It's a biological mandate, as far as the science goes.
If you think they didn`t conduct warfare i`d advice you to save up some money and buy a/any book on the matter. It`s pretty well documented that there were many tribes conducting "war" that lasted longer periods of time. Educate yourself bud, don`t be a sheep/parrot. And giving it back, realy, will you move and go where YOUR ancestors came from? I don`t think so, but you want others to do it, good thing you`re not a hypocrite right? Educate yourself bud, can`t say it often enough,
Do you think the French, Dutch, Spanish, or Japanese would have treated Aboriginals any different.? Give it back so we can live how they used to live? Could you live without your modern technology? No money, no houses, no tax, no smart phones, no computers, no cars, no knives and forks, no air conditioning .No social security . We all lived as nomadic hunter/gatherers on every continent (except Antarctica ) but evolved culturally into American, European, modern city dwelling consumers.
@@mrmeeseeks1733 they had elegant conflict resolution protocols that de-escalated matters, and they did not practice war fare, they did not practice conquest. 500 language groups across Australia when first Europeans arrived. They had trade routes across the continent on foot, via song lines... Many varied cultures.
@@mrmeeseeks1733 its not a bout regression, its about healthy relationships.. Thru were able to thrive for 60,000 years and more precisely because their culture was based on health relationships.. Our culture is a hierarchy of power and violence.
@@geoffbowcher3189 it's not about technical regression, it's about healthy relationships. Egalitarian relationships that thrived for 60,000 years. Our culture is a hierarchy of industrial violence, and its at the edges of collapse after 300 years... Bullies dominate and poison the world we live it.. We could have what we have without the pollution, without the Billionaires and the corruption If we had healthy relationship as the base line.
@@gullybull5568 And Roman rule via the Vatican; the same has happened all over the world regardless of "skin" color; so tired of people who cannot clearly see the world domination of all the indigenous tribes; Europeans used to be tribal.
Is that it? Those are the only ones. Fuck you for not acknowledging what's being done and what has been done to blacks in the states also. The Indians where your last conquest..
Thank you for this beautiful documentary portraying the culture of Australia's indigenous Aborigini peoples. I am glad that, their children can still learn from their grandparents and I hope that their connection to the roots of their spirituality and culture will continue to live on and be honoured, in the hearts of the next generation🌠🙏🌠
These ppl are perfectly intelligible, they don't need to be subtitled, and they certainly don't need their words to be "polished" in subtitling...frankly it's offensive.
It was beautiful to see Clementine with her many grandchildren ! The singing was gorgeous . I hope that the language is being preserved and kept alive more , since this doco was made .
And then the modern men came, ...and they destroyed it all. Those lost children are lost for life and none cares.......none. I feel ashamed as a human we can do this to our own people.......Sad it is
Been happening for a long time all over the world, I guess the really sad thing is how unequal the two civilisations were in terms of warfare and technology, if the aboriginals were more aggressive like the maoris in New Zealand, then perhaps they might have got a better deal, but it was inevitable that Australia was going to be populated by a European power , such is the way of the world, Sadly so much aboriginal culture in the south eastern states is lost forever, or as the aboriginals say, “Its not lost, just nobody to tell them anymore”
Wow they hunt turtle the same way I was thought in the Bahamas, a practice I frown on today but I don't criticise others that still continue in this way. You people are beautiful.
This really breaks my heart. So many black and brown cultures around the world have been either destroyed or horribly altered because of greed and Christianity. May the Creator correct the destruction of cultures caused by the greedy.
The white man was also destroyed and had his culture ripped out from under him by christianity. We forget it isn't even native to europe. Some religions are just cancerous.
@@yesssboss2219 either way they were living their truth in harmony with mother earth unbothered! 😒 Idk why people think that colonization was a gift! It wasn't. It took humans from the true source of power and taught lies in order to enslave the mind of generations.
@@RaineBrooks21 lol i will still live in a civilized country than with headhunters .... Many tribe people use to hunt each other including kids ,womens most of us are very thankful to them ... Without them we will be living same miserable life .... Lol u want to live with them ??? Want to try??
@@yesssboss2219 this is a very ignorant comment. In other words people's livelihoods were worse off before civilization. Is that what you're pointing to? Because if that is the case then this is the same colonizer mindset. If the entitlement for me.
I was just gonna comment how funny it is that they put up subtitles when they were speaking English and yet no subtitles when speaking their native language/Tiwi. Gonna give the makers the benefit of doubt that they weren't trying to alienate these ppl from the audiences watching on purpose, but that is pretty much the effect it gives.
We can’t lose the original ways it’s so very important..... Thank you so much for sharing this documentary it was wonderful. Much health love and light to ALL (gal from oz)
For all who love Earth and each other, you will be blessed. All else will die. A reckoning is coming... Don't be fooled. Money is a control mechanism. Money is a lie.
@Marxine St.Arline no. But I don't think Jesus was a fan of money either. My dad was a Christian and he loved money. I told him how ridiculous of a limiting concept it was. I'm a pagan if you're asking.
*Scientific and historical facts* The first Homo sapiens who colonised Australia walked from the north about 40,000 years ago - because there was land to walk on. The first human migration to Australia was achieved when this landmass formed part of the Sahul continent, connected to the island of New Guinea via a land bridge. Over time these land bridges were covered by ocean due to normal tectonic plate movement and land subsidence. Hence the Homo sapiens who inhabited the continent of Australia about 40,000-50,000 years ago (the ancestors of current Australian aborigines) became cut off from the Homo sapiens on the other parts of the planet. After they were cut-off, the human tribes in Australia fought each other and many tribes slaughtered the males of other tribes. The Australian aboriginals were particularly bloodthirsty and cruel. The normal process of inter-tribal fighting means that males are usually killed while females are kept alive to bear the children of the victorious tribe. The humans who occupied the rest of the planet had similar inter-tribal warfare but there was a much greater variety of humans who were competing with each other. On the large continents, humans evolved and changed due to a great deal of natural competition. Stronger more intelligent human groups resulted. Over many thousands of years the successful groups dominated and incorporated their genes with other stronger groups. This is a simplification of course but it explains observations. Humans across the planet (except for those in Australia and other inaccessible locations) developed agriculture and better tools and instruments. This caused them to flourish. As their numbers increased, diseases evolved which killed many of these humans, except for those with stronger immune systems. The survivors had better immune systems as well as better skills in cognitive thought and were better at living co-operatively. These humans’ survived and weaker humans died off. * * * If Australia had NOT been cut off by the ocean, stronger, more intelligent humans would have dominated and killed the males of the Australian tribes. They would have assimilated some of the genes from the females many thousands of years ago. The overall result is that mainstream humans with a higher intelligence and stronger immune systems spread across the planet, except for places which were inaccessible, such as Australia. The humans in Australia remained stone-age tribes who had not yet invented the wheel. On a scale where the average European human has an IQ of 100, the natives of Australia have an IQ of about 64. By the modern Australian standard, pure aboriginals are well below the medically defined level for mental retardation, thus they qualify for special medical benefits the same as other handicapped people. Recognising that the natives had little organisation and had developed only simple stone tools, the British colonists saw Australia as unoccupied. When the British arrived to colonise Australia in 1788 they carried with them diseases which the stone-age Australian aboriginal immune system was not adapted to. The settlers would have been unaware of this. Viruses and bacteria were not known about at that time. Human hosts would have been completely unaware they were carrying diseases dangerous to Australian natives. The British settlers were soon followed by others from Europe and Asia bringing with them varieties of bacteria and viruses that the Australian aboriginals had not contracted before. This was the main cause of ‘aboriginal’ death. An aboriginal living in those early days needed to stay well away from the settlers and some settlers helped to facilitate this. Most aboriginal deaths were caused by introduced diseases or inter-tribal conflict. There were hundreds of tribes and about 250 different primitive languages. The tribes were very bloodthirsty towards each other. Some may have been killed by settlers in self-defence or accidental but killing aborigines was illegal and called murder by British law. * * * Humans reached Tasmania approximately 40,000 years ago by migrating across a land bridge from the mainland that existed during the last ice age. After the seas rose about 12,000 years ago and covered the land bridge, the inhabitants there were isolated from the mainland until the arrival of European settlers. The settler’s history is particularly well detailed by historic documents. The death of these aboriginals due to disease is particularly well described. The European settlers tried to isolate them to protect them from diseases. There is NO evidence of mass killings or genocide. Many of the Australian aboriginals who survived the diseases mixed their genes with the colonists and many ‘mixed race’ humans have resulted. They are still called ‘aboriginals’. There are a small number of ‘pure’ aboriginals still in existence. They are generally quiet and prefer to live in remote, isolated locations. They are cared for and survive because of the health care system in place to look after them. Antibiotics have had an important role. The large amount of government funding assigned to aboriginal healthcare allows the mixed race aboriginals to thrive. The average mixed race aboriginal female has more than 6 children. As expected there are major problems with drug abuse and child sexual abuse. Most do not have the skills to be gainfully employed so most have very little to do and they suffer from boredom. There are many mixed race aboriginals who are termed ‘aboriginals’. The more vocal and assertive of them tend to have characteristics of Europeans and have a family tree that is mostly European. Some of these mixed race aboriginals become ‘aboriginal activists’ who try to propagate the idea that ‘invading whites’ have taken over their country. For example, a similar UA-cam video has written comments such as: “Our blood is mixed with many who have sought our Land, and our shade of skin is varied, but our hearts will always be true.” The implication being that the writer is mostly European or Asian in background but wants to claim that it is his/her land. This is taken seriously by the media even though the family tree of the ‘aboriginal activists’ demonstrates that the activists themselves are ‘invading whites’ -- the very group that they profess to be subjugated by. Some ‘aboriginals’ even have blue eyes. The reason the media exaggerates the bad treatment of aboriginals and propagate a myth of an evil history of colonist treatment of aboriginals is to make the news more exciting to attract readers. ‘Aboriginal’ activists exaggerate for political reasons - to gain more funding and special treatment. All very understandable - but the media should be more in tune with reality. This would help politicians to speak the truth.
Theknow All where did you get your information from? It sounds fairly incorrect... If you are not aboriginal yourself, then you really don't know... And saying that it was fighting within tribes that killed off the aboriginal men and that the diseases was a large part also is misinformation... Our aboriginal ancesters were raped and yes murdered during colonisation. Our ancesters were considered flaura and fauna because we were misunderstood and because our people did not build so called large monuments etc so were called dumb and uneducated... Dumb are those who do not appreciate the prosperity they alreasy live in. Nature provides all that is needed. Gratitude is the highest power of the mind. And that was and still is the way of our aboriginal people. Life is magical. It isn't about building this and being better or stronger than him or her. Its about unity, love, respect, understanding, appreciation, etc. Yes time and attitudes have changed but our spirits and connections to life has not.
It makes me.so.sad to see.what the white people have done to all these peoples around the world, it breaks my heart. These.people are who we should be listening to and who we should be learning from, how.to I've on the earth in harmony.I Hopefully one day your people's land and ways will get back.to how.it is supposed to be, free to live on your land without fear and without the white man or any other meddling and taking away your land and your ways.
How did they know they were living in squalid conditions? Oh thats right Whitey educated them. No one is stopping them at all to leave whitey society and return to the Bush! NO BODY.
@@anthonynewman5998 are you angry? Sorry i had to butt in. You may feel some way upset. You think they had a choice and in your sense they picked wrong. Do you feel a strong feeling toward a choice that maybe you made that was wrong?
I grew up in Mataranka. Its 105km south of Katherine. Us kids would go fishing down the river and make spears out of sticks and wire and catch crayfish. It was awesome growing up. The called us white fella we called them black fella and that was the way it was. Our school would go out to one of the local dry community's called Jilkminggan for cretin events and watch aboriginal dances. I used to love listing to the aboriginal stories. It was sad tho seeing how addiction is ruining a very nice people.
My four year old, American son adores the song that the children sing at the end of this video. Our generation and the coming generations all over the world will bridge and mend the connections that have been lost. We are on the precipice of a new age.
@Donna Jones You are correct the Australian aborigines did not have possessions being hunter gatherers and constantly on the move in search of food they could not carry much with them. They also did not posses the land fence it or cultivate it or nurture any livestock.
these people are living at a beautiful peace, the lack nothing, they are whole at heart. i find so much beauty in learning different cultures amazing :-)
Hi, I was born and raised in Haisla Traditional Territorial Lands in the Province of British Columbia Canada. As a Indigenous Person, I can surely relate to your story in the deepest way. All over the world, in a relentless greed driven search for natural resources, Indigenous Peoples have been broken down and decimated by the intent of Colonizers. This action continues to this day. Canada continues these actions now in 2019. Government bureaucrats and clones remove new born babies from their mothers arms in hospitals, Our Lands continue to be destroyed for resources and for private ownership by non-Indigenous Peoples, Men women and children disappear and are murdered on a regular on-going basis, entire Indigenous Communities are denied government funding for basic services such as clean drinking water. Resource extraction by multi'national Corporations increasingly contaminates our Lands and waters and the air that we breathe. Corporate activity destroys natural food sources such as water fowl and wild salmon, and foreign owned 'Salmon Farms' Contaminate surrounding marine water ways with their chemicals and the sea lice that explodes from the salmon farm pens into the marine environment. The list continues to expand as time goes by. Colonial Activity continues to destroy the interests of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. We always hear the slogan that, Canada is the best place to live in the world. This is not necessarily true for the Indigenous People in Canada.
Trust me it is the Multi-National Corporations who are the real enemies of ALL people.... they have poisoned our foods, waters, air too. They will dump their wastes any where they please except an elite neighborhood.
These evil people have destroyed the beautiful tribal cultures all around the world. Some day god would punish them. Just be patient and pray for world peace and kindness.
Boy..that SMILE on that one little one just melted my heart..I fell in LOVE with him..and he looked so mischievous and happy I just 'LOVED' that.. they are such beautiful and awesome people wow I just LOVE them peace blessings and LOVE to all of Black Australians!
I see everyone says they look like Indians from India, but they look African to me. Big nose, curly hair, dark skin. I believe each of us began in Africa.
@@MrRasZee Ok, I'll stick with evidence based science, you stay scrabbling for answers from your invisible sky monster. Still not answering your prayers? He must be busy, giving aids to babies and starving orphans...
I'm from PNG 🇵🇬 just located north of Australia , the abroginous are just like us( meleneasian) same culture and we respect our motherland..i pity and love them so much😭💔
appreciate the way you portray Aboriginal Peoples as resourceful without hiding the traumas due to devastating and destruction (continuing) colonialism. yes Corroboree is pronounced differently, but to choose that to comment on, is a poor choice I think ....
I have a great respect for Aborigines, the ancient ancestors of Australia. Aborigines were once the first people and greatest people on Earth. With shared love, spirituality, and continued sobriety, they will become great again. Like the USA, we should help Make Aborigines Great Again. 🌟
What clever, enchanted & interesting people. At least they know spirituality!!!!!!! When I say at least, I really mean WOW! These people are indeed rich.
The music they play i could vibe to it all day and all night 🌙 🎶 😌 ✨ 💕 IM SENDING LOVE AND THANKFULNESS TO ALL THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE...THE 1ST ORGINAL PEOPLE.
Loving this one thanks for sharing this very important information giving thanks blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention to this one
i love that music, I love these people. Leave Australia alone, Leave aboriginals alone. As far as I am concerned Australia is country belong to the black skinned people.
@@kendram7192 Try imagining treating all Australians as equals. Of course if you want to you can choose to give your pay to an Aboriginal. There is nothing to stop you from doing so. Don't forget your house too and as a humble gesture of respect, leave Australia. Thank you.
Unfortunately, treating Aboriginals the same way as we treat non-Aboriginals doesn't work. They have different ways than we do. We took away much of their capacity to live the way they wish, and are trying to force them to live the way we do. Treating people "equally" only works if you start out on an "equal" footing and have an "equal" outlook and direction. Try asking two runners to run the same race at the same time, except let's break one runner's legs first. Maybe one of them has been running their whole life and the other has only ever swam @@Ray-wm8dz
I am white british and can say with hand on heart, the white man has a lot to answer for, but what is done cannot be undone, i wish it were not so, we need to learn about the past and preserve it so that it can go on and be a part of all our lives.
@@stevenbarton5949 if i had it i would gladly give it, however i am with you and totally agree there should be some. but it will never happen. ( sorry for the negative reply )
Why do you feel guilty for something that you didn’t have anything to do with? I’m not saying that you can’t empathise with these people btw. It’s in the past and you can’t change anything. You just have to accept it. Do Turks pay reparations to Kurds or Assyrians etc. Do Arabs pay North Africans, Europeans etc. for the Islamic Barbary Slave Trade? Do the Chinese pay reparations to the Vietnamese or others?
Most powerful comment "we do not own the land, the land owns us...the earth is our mother and when she is ready she takes everything that she owns right back to where it came from!!"
Sounds like slavery to me.
@@thirstiestvillager9233 No the truth
@@johndilloway9762 people bound to the land is basically the concept of serfdom/feudal slavery
@@thirstiestvillager9233 they aren’t bound to the land, they just respect the earth a lot, and they can leave but traditions make them feel indebted to feed and care for it
@@brumhelldah917 yes
This whole story broke my heart and I am still crying. I am Native American. I really hate that "tittle" as I am an Indian, maybe an American Indian is better. I live on my reservation, and cry often for the loss of our lives. We too believe the earth is our mother, and I can't understand how people can damage her so then walk away without a thought for what they have done. I cry for my elders, for the lives they had to leave behind. I am an old lady now, soon I will join my grandmothers and we will sing again and dance with the others that left before us. I have watched my people slowly fade into the back ground. I know that alcohol is tearing my people apart still. Many years ago, in the 1960's and before, this reservation was a "dry" reservation, no alcohol allowed. It doesn't stop anything, my people drink more than they should. There are few who find their way off the reservation, and even fewer who find a meaningful life. I loved your video, as sad as it made me, I wish for these people to be allowed to live the way they want to, not the way others think they should. Peace to all.
Thank you for your words of kindness. There are many people who weep for all of us who have ruined the lives of many people and our lovely planet.
Me too. I felt and shared their devastation and dispossession of the culture and land.
May God help Aboriginal Australians in Jesus name...as I am a Descendant of the people & the Cherokee Nation in North America who are forced to learn American Atheists Idealogies...worse the Rich people are Serial Killers and Cannibals eating Human meat of their Victims of Slavery still going on in the USA and their hiding it from the World. I've tried to get help here, but being a Slave all of my life held in Chains like a dog, the Police who controls their Billion Dollar Pornagraphy Industry, stole my passport and I'm held hostage here in the USA, with no help at all. I've called Congressman to no avail, some to me straight up no, we can not help you. Never come to the United States, it's the worse country on Earth 🌍...in Jesus name...Amen...
i'm so sorry for all of this. i feel the world is changing. even though i'm mostly white i agree with what i've read and listened to about Indigenous culture and beliefs. It is better and makes sense as opposed to the white way, which really is insane. i feel the world is changing and the white way are dying out. some technology can be nice, but it is insane and suicidal to exploit our home and other people and creatures, build nukes and this money system and plastic and what not.
You have a beautiful soul. Thank you for your message! ❤️
I am crying because I don't know these people but spiritually they are my people!! Blessings!!
I am an elder of the Lakota/Anishinabe nations from the western hemisphere. Just came across this video and watched it. It is the same old story about attempted genocide against the indigenous people of this planet Earth. I encourage you all to remain in resistance against the destruction of your people, continue your sacred ceremonies and speaking your ancestral languages, and singing those old songs, all those things that we know to be right. They would like to kill us all, but they will never be successful because they cannot break our Spirit. Purification, justice, redemption and great destruction is coming to our detractors. We know who they are. Hetch etu welo. Pilomiya. Mitakuye Oyasin. Wolfheart.
Kenneth Wolf - 👍I completely agree with you!!! Thank you for speaking up and speaking the truth. I’m sorry for what the white man, detractors and any other evil doers have done to the original people of the land around the globe. I love you. 💞
@Antoni Bertolacci : No , Jeremy is correct in that there was NO government policy or intent to slaughter Aboriginals in any State. There were "terrible local acts of vengeance" against some tribes that were responsible for killing white farmers but these incidents, were not systematic.
Jeremy Kirkpatrick .... You know not what you are saying, so I will forgive you!
Kenneth Wolf .... They killed out my family in the Caribbean. My grandparents of native Caribe/Arawak people. They made sure to education there children about out history, before ascending to there maker. When I looked at those ppl, I see my bloodline so mighty and strong in every single one of them. The little boy looks so much like my brother and I. ... Do you have any other contact? I would love to stay in contact with you.
Jeremy Kirkpatrick oh really ! What about the Tasmanian’s? STFU and educate yourself before you spout opinions depleted of truth . Know the facts before you open your damned mouth . The Tasmanian’s were hunted out of existence. This is one genocide of a people that we know of . What about those that “Australia” has buried. The eradication of a persons culture and it’s replacement with alcohol is another form of genocide inflicted upon indigenous people, whether it’s in Africa, the Americas or Australia it’s still a form of genocide especially when there is no way back . Right now the Amazon is ablaze and it’s inhabitants are at risk . This only serves the agendas of loggers and mining companies who delight in the stripping of the earth of all its natural resources, leaving the land , barren ,toxic and ruined . Europeans are the scourge of the planet and First Nation peoples.
Different country, same story; all over the world. There must be divine justice.
Those children singing at the end is too adorable!!
That first Aborigine that spoke and told the short story about the Witch Doctor. He broke my heart and had me in tears. Hang on a little longer my friends and you will be free once again. After 70,000 years, you can't stop now. A new time is coming.
Thankyou, we now have a new Prime Minister who like us
Love ya
Identical to what happened to Native Americans. There's a special place in hell for people who oppress & enslave others.
...or just ...mix...Breed children just for ...fun...
Meaning we are all going to hell, remember in the biblical time Egypt was one of the first to enslave others the Bronze age paved the 11th century - 19th century ideology, if the bronze age never game we would all be still living in caves. Bronze age had the first slaves and first cities ever built. This is where the European countries got their ideas for the future. In the biblical time Pagans were farmers and hunters not colonials or city builders like today.
@@PedalToTheMetal61888 haha already happening
@Mullerornis *Fun fact.. Many African tribes and empires fell due to the The apolishing of slavery..*
@Mullerornis *So thank you for showing us, how much of a Bible spewing, LiVe, LuAgH, LoVe, You are*
There so beautiful ,god bless the Aboriginal folks,
@Bill Kirkland what a sad sack of shit you are
@Bill Kirkland bout the only thing your useful for is food for the Sharks, or fertilizer for the plants hahaha 🤣
@Bill Kirkland Why are you so angry???
@@abigail7579 Probably because you brought YOUR god into a serious matter. No one needs your "god."
Why are they so beautiful there destroying our country. Wrecking towns .causing mayhem
I am from Sydney Australia and i love and respect the Aboriginal people. My parents always took us on holidays to the Australia outback. We met beautiful people and they embraced us with their culture, food and stories. I pray we all turn to them for spiritual connection here on Mother Earth 🙏
Fantastic
I take it you are a white Australian. Praying for them is a good sentiment, but serve absolutely no benefit,
What people need is to be treated as equals.. and not as 10th class humans.
We think that what the NAZI'S did to 6 million people in WW2 was inhuman and depraved
But the way white Australian's continued to persecute the native population even as recently as the 1980's
In my book that makes what the NAZI'S did pales in comparison to what white Australian's have been and are continuing to do to the native inhabitants
It's 2022 now, and the least white Australian can do is help to educate and improve their living conditions
Not by token efforts but to a level enjoyed by white Australian's.
The world is mad when saving indangered animals has more priority and resources than helping native inhabitants
Shame on us all, after all we all share a collective responsibility
@@javeedsultan8484 Australia have the opportunity to become a beautiful place for everyone!
White Australia are stopping that process by preserving their dying colonialism!
We had the opportunity to achieve many (first's) in Australia -
But greed, power & imperialism halted that process!
Racism is actually costing Australia's economy billions!
You need to do much much more than that. You need to help the First People’s of Australia rise from the colonized state they are suffering in. Go to the Elders and ask them “how May I help” volunteer! Care enough to get involved. Don’t just sit on the sidelines taking from them and not giving anything back. 🙏🏽. I pray you will receive these words.
@@colleen2671worth watching creation research video human distribution and Aussie aboriginals.
Only halfway through and I am so angry that I can't watch any more right now. Prayers for these amazing people, including all in the documentary.
Got to push that attention span.
Been there done that. If you are an empath, there are videos in which you will possible have to stop watching for about a week. It takes awhile to deal with some of the horrors that are going on globally. Trafficking of children is one of those topics....especially as a victim goes into detail... if you tube still allows those videos. It is 9/2022 as I type this things are rapidly changing...
They skin look so smooth and hair wavy and curly. Such beautiful ppl
Our melanesian brothers & sisters of Australia.❤️love from neighbor Papua New Guinea.
🖤💛❤much love.
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they aren't melanesian
Much love Aborigines from a black African, others can only study you to fulfill anxiety but we can feel the deep inside of you. We can see it through your eyes, songs and dance. Please don't go extinct. Keep yourselves alive
Oh that’s good to hear from you here, Hi nice to meet you here and how is your weather condition over there ?
Much love to all oppressed people from a white/Latino hippie from Northern California. We’re fighting for CRT here in the states so all POC can be taught the real truth of their history and how they were treated by the colonizers. Peace on ya!
🤦♀️😱🥵❤️✌️👏✊
,much love respect
I'm native American (Tupi) and I approve this message. I hope they can do what many in this hemisphere had no chance off, keep their culture alive. It is an existence worse than death, that I wouldn't even wish it on the imperialists that set the west on fire. The very people that called my people savages, are finally recognized as the murderers that they have always been. With all that said, we must remember for who forgiveness is really for. Don't let the hate bubble over. A good portion of their descendants are good people, it is not their fault. What their ignorant ancestors did can never be undone or forgotten. Yet it must be forgiven so we may move ahead.
Yo why you say black?💀💀could of just said african
Beautiful people. I hope that they will always have their connection to the land. The modern would do well to learn from all the indigenous people of the world.
more true right now than ever before!!! - Thank you
i agree whole heartedly. such a beautiful culture and people
@@misscaitiechick If they are beautiful, I must be the sexiest man on Earth!!!
Love & Respect to you 🕊️
@@andreareinhardt6834 doesn't cost a thing either!
I grew up in the city -
I'm older & back home now & nothing is more healthier than waking up to the birds and trees -
Even the rain is beautiful when the birds aren't singing!
I'm off into the bush for a few days because I don't want any phones, TV's etc around me! 🕊️
A documentary like this I find is a very important kind. It’s dated in some ways and has it’s flaws, but It really gives good first hand accounts and experiences, and I think that is a somewhat ignored aspect in a lot of popular modern documentaries. You connect with the people in this film. You want to learn their stories and culture. And it shows just how tragic it is to lose something like that. Imagine having generations stolen from your own history. Preservation of culture is immensely important.
And they do this to preserve their own imperialistic colonialism!
The "STOLENWEALTH" countries!
A large part of Australia should be returned to the Aboriginals and fenced off so they can revert back to their natural lifestyle. We spend so much money creating appropriate conditions for Koalas, the Great Barrier Reef, etc., but expect the Aboriginals to adapt to European lifestyles that are unnatural for them. Why do we act surprised when they struggle so much when placed in conditions they are not made for? It's like putting a goldfish in a saltwater tank and being surprised when it dies.
Because then society would be forced to accept that many world peoples are not able to adapt to western society. It's degrading to Aboriginals, especially now that many of them are used to the fruits of white culture.
smh
That's like segregation, it has its own set of problems just look at what doing tgat did to the native americans culture, it is now just fueled by drug and alcohol abuse with goverment dependance, no purpose or responsibly is the worse evil you can place on a person. The world is nolonger a environment for living how we once had and they most likly will have to face that in the future so facing it now will only benifit them in the future, it's up to them how much of there culture is worth the work to preserve but the world will keep moving forward.
blue2tang you know the British themselves were oppressed by their government and imprisoned like it’s the Aussies fault today their ancestors were Britain’s prisoners dropped off on an island ? Tf ?
the sexual assault in those communities is out of control. The dry communities are the good ones. Alcohol and drugs are the scourge of mankind, full stop. This world would be a fantastic place without either of them
This is a saddest film I've ever watched in my entire life time how do Australians live with themselves knowing that the owners of the land were denied even the basic lifestyle
What else can they do? A few northern Europeans were kind, but the bulk were in it for short term gain. Also, so much was unknown about the ecology of this interesting continent. Because it has a salt pan from previous ocean coverage. European farming practices are tjhe worst way to handle this land.
@Jamie Nelson No mate it not a choice it the life that they where given back in the day and have you ever had your rights taken away as person or your culture and then be told lies what really happened to Aboriginal peoples ,I know because I am Aboriginal you
You don't know anything we are not given much? free medical ,some times and what else ?????? Can you please tell me what else we get given
@Jamie Nelson well we know you're white but may I add. How dumb are you to ASSume one one have to be from Australia to know the devastation Europeans have bestowed upon the land of BLACKS everywhere
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Aboriginals themselves are so connected to the land they wouldn't say they own it, as it belongs to all.
9:20 "We do not own the land, the land owns us"
Wow. The aborigines had a similar concept about the land as the Native Americans, and imagine they are oceans apart.
For Native Americans, land ownership was less defined and more temporary. One tribe might claim control of a hunting range or one family might farm a plot of land for a season but they didn't own it forever. Most lands was free for everyone to use but not to own.
We tell people every single time!
"We don't own the land - The land owns us"
But everyone's perception is we want all the land it's ours!
We want the land for the animals & vegetation, because the animals still feed us!
I grew up on kangaroo, porcupine, possum, fish etc...
We also cannot eat our totems!
@@colleen2671 where are you from?
The aborigines burned all the forests on Australia from coast to coast lol it used to be absolutely covered in old growth forests
@@Cobbido Yeah and they wiped out all the megafauna too. Hunted them to extinction. Just sad.
Beautiful people who understand the true meaning of a good spirit. God bless from Niugini 💐😭
Beautiful people with energy in their music and art
Oh that's good to hear from you here, Hi nice to meet you here, How's your weather condition over there?
@@curtisscaparrotti6318 a little bit frosty in the morning been winter but beautiful sunny days with deep blue bright sky.
The world is wonderful made and is nice to know your weather condition over there, May I know where are you from and what is your name’s?
Hello Deb how are you doing today and Why have you not answer my question yet?
Hi how are you doing today and why are you silent on me here?
I absolutely love this guy he’s trying to help them. Education is everything.
Education is only learning what we are told we need to learn, their education is about life, survival, trust, loving your fellow man, but this is what killed off their natural life, but they are still not like us, greedy, we will kill ourselves off these people will survive it.
What good is your western education and science when your civilization is destroying Earth, our home planet after slaughtering the guardians of the Earth? The true educated and civilized people. It's also killing you through wars, WMD, radioactivity, pesticides, GMO, hate, cancers and self-created viruses...?
@@dawidewi exatly what I am trying to say.
@@johndilloway9762 💯
Sad...these people are nature's people
This is probably why the tribe at sentinel island are very protective of themselves, to preserve their rights
syed kahar yeah as if the sentinelese have ears and eyes on the outside. Those islanders know nothing but enkidu-like innocence. They are aggressive because human tribes are aggressive to foreigners
they're violence against foreigners is the only thing that is protecting them from a fate like this
@@approachinggnosis4613 being that you've never met them, know nothing about their language or their culture, it's safe to say you know not what they know and what they know not
@@matthewhernandez5365 there violent because British solders kidnapped villagers from sentinel island and some died and they returned the others after it happened
They don't seem to be offended enough to stop accepting benefits paid to them through our taxes.
These are my people tribes,greetings from FIJI ISLANDS🌺🌺🐟🐟✌✌💟💟
Greetings from turtle island
I feel sorry for Fijian people too, Indian people stole your land.
1000% the Fijians are our family with out a doubt much respect to all my islander families 🇫🇯/-o-/
Bless my black brothers and sisters !! Hope to visit your Homeland one day!!
And we would love too have you come and visit and enjoy yourself and we the aboriginal people of Australia will treat you like diamonds and family.....
For me the color doesn't matter. The important thing is u r nice. U think good.
I am black African and I love Aboriginal people. Please give birth and don't let them outbreed you. There is still hope
@@lauras.2032 hahaha! What a fool you are!
God-Mode Incarnate, you either blind or you just who the bible says you are.if they not black what color are they green.
We've stripped them of most of their Dreamtime stories and heritage through displacement and the "stolen generation" and replaced it with Christianity and assimilation. It makes me sick what we've done to these people. We contrive to think they're better off because they're Christian. Who's better off? A person who believes in a foreign religion, or a person who still has the memories and culture of their own people going back thousands and thousands of years, far beyond Christianity was even thought of.
What these people could have taught us if we treated them as equals and recognized how enlightened they really are...?
Their level of enlightenment hasn't even been talked about in the mainstream. Dreamtime is so much more than I ever realized.. I have a heavy heart every time I see an ancient people drawn into Christianity, the religion I was brought up with. The religion that the first action of is to convert, rather than respect an already in place practiced belief. That is not love and respect and acceptance. It is Vanity. Placing one's importance over another's. How much richness of culture have these people lost forever...?
I guess now, we will never know...
Dear Brad pool very heart touching post.i join with your feelings ..you have a great good heart and soul...you are the best human in this selfish world.thank you let your good heart grow for the goodness and kindness for others.
@Dancing With Fools I was meaning from the point of view of the government and religious leaders of the time and their reasons for doing it. A kid stolen from their family and forced to undergo foreign religious education, not allowed to speak their own language or perform their traditional rituals and in many cases unable to see their parents again is going to lose something of their own identity and have it replaced with something else and has little choice to do anything but comply. Of course they didn't all become christian but many did including some in this documentary. The point being it was forced upon them as if "the only way for these people to find salvation", their own religious beliefs and rituals looked on as demonic by western leaders of the time. And just for the record I have known indigenous Aussies not on welfare and why suggest they would become advocates of small government and so forth if they became christian? Wouldn't this be possible whether or not they were christian? Some of them have become high level lawyers and many other occupations, we just don't see it in the mainstream media as often as we see other Aussies in these roles. I think you'll agree the picture is much bigger than just what we see and our own personal experience.
Dear Brad Pool, your comment brought tears to my eyes!! What you have written is so true,
@@athensmajnoo3661 Hopefully more people watch NITV. I never knew aboriginal culture was so profound in its stories and teachings, there's so much in it. And the policies of this government towards first nation people have been so racist for so long. And much of the population including me, ignorant. We still don't hear about everything they're going through. I hope The Uluru Statement From The Heart becomes Australian policy.
Thankyou for your touching comment.
@@ramabaiapparao8801 Thankyou, I never got the notification. A lovely comment. Namaste.
Those kids singing!! Loved listening to them so much that I replayed that part a few times. What a beautiful culture they have, I hope it never gets lost. It makes me angry seeing how much suffering these beautiful people have gone through just because the white man wanted what was not theirs to take (the land).
We take each others land too, don't worry 😉
The art, baskets and painting are so amazingly beautiful.
And so are they as a people,but so let down by society
Untill u ruined them
They are too. Oldest humans on earth.
Iam your cousin from Uganda East Africa, we really share that melanin... We love you the Aborigins, the world was black, we are proud of who we are..
Breaks my heart to see their culture and their identity taken.
Colonization at its finest..wowza!
I would rather see the aboriginal people.using there own spiritual songs art and dances, than have them tainted with the Catholic Church doctrines.
Yet with all these obstacles surrounding them, these people.still find happiness and love for one another. 😊
Their own...
After everything the white government put them through I'm not surprised the Catholic influence is there, but I'd have to agree it seems like a taint. However, for worse or not it is who some have become. I'm just happy they can do something that makes them happy and can be lucrative. Unfortunately (ya knew this was coming), the artist dont see the majority of that money unless one purchases from sites that are set up to get the majority of the funds to the natives. Native Americans art from the southwest has the same problems! The Romans had it right when they said, "Caveat emptor"! Due diligence pays off for customer, conscience and humanity.
@@karencontestabile6064 That comment on the heels of Nikki's has gotta be teetering on counterproductive. That's coming from an avowed grammar nazi too!
Nikki Baxter Agreed
Are you from aboriginal descent? And why do you see aborignal people rather not in a Catholic church, Protestant or maybe muslim? I think that everybody is free in a so called democratic society as they please. is it so that people should evolve and not to be treated as a backward outcast whom have to live in poverty?Aslong aborignal people can make theyr own choises individually whitout beeing discrimminated by a white male cooperated system and can get education and jobs, the future will be nice for everybody.
Love their music and songs . Thank you for this beautiful video and all the aboriginal folks and their children who helped make it .
Living like 4th class citizens on THEIR OWN LAND.
The land belongs to every Australian of ALL races. Somewhere back in time, I am pretty sure your forefathers invaded some village next door. Perhaps you should move out of your house and give it up in shame. Oh and give up your citizenship too. All citizens must have equal rights.
@@ray6115 damn,you sound so stupid, it's unreal.
@@blacknbougie8021 You sound so racist, it's unreal. Learn how to treat ALL races equally please.
If you can't defend it, is it really yours?
Not in nature, and like it or not, man is just another animal and obeys all the natural laws.
@@thirstiestvillager9233 unlike animals, humans are far more morally driven and intelligent. you must’ve inherited your thought process from the monkeys though.
I think these people are BEAUTIFUL . My ansesters were from Ireland and Wales. The Irish were treated badly also. What is done is done. Now we have to live together in harmony. There is no other solution.
Oh really? How badly? Were you genocided? I am sure in Ireland there is no statute of limitations for genocide.
You see, up in heaven there is God Almighty who has said VENGEANCE IS MINE. I WILL REPAY. He will execute judgment for the death, disease and destruction that your kind has unleashed against non Caucasian people around the world.
@@margyiphillips4931 look up the irish potato famine. that was definitely a genocide
@@margyiphillips4931 So you believe in a fairy tail being and then want us to think your statement makes sense, LMFAO.
Thank God for the internet some of these sad stories would never have been known to many of us.
My most genuine and peaceful experiences have been with natives of different lands.
What a genuinely wonderful story of Humanity's true Elders. I am a better person after learning more about this most beautiful and important part of our Human family. May the land be returned to the Ab-Original's.Thank you.
keep in mind their culture lasted 50 thousand years without much change. We're flying around making a lot of noise and calling ourselves civilized but we 'bumped into them' a short 200+ years ago. We're just unwelcome guests dropping by unannounced, and making impolite conversation. They'll be the ones around long after we've gone.
That doesn't make it right in anyway WTF
So true!! then stole their land for our benefit. they couldn't have prepared for all the cruelty they experienced
@@stormstorm7396 reread my post, it's not a nice one about whites. In fact, the opposite.
So all white Americans leave the states you stole the land! All blacks in the states return to Africa! Get real Dreamers!
the real question is how in the hell did these people survive without refrigerators, fast food, movies, video games and air conditioning???? lets thank Christ that we have brought them into the modern world. i mean now they have government housing and welfare and hopefully government cheese like they give to poor people in the united states.
Having lived with Aboriginal peoples for a year, their greatest problems seem to be the result of missionaries having destroyed their culture. The Elders are totally lost as the younger generation seem to treat them with disdain, it is so sad to see. It would appear that this has been a universal approach by European settlers world wide. First destroy the culture and would appear to be irreversible.
Their not allowed to get educated? Or sober ? I did! . Modern Western Civilization us not perfect. But it's benifits to global Civilization vastly out weigh any so called negatives! Am I allowed to say that ?
These people are beautiful.. there skin, culture, just everything ❗️
Amia Katee
No.
have a look ua-cam.com/video/seh0-_JMBuQ/v-deo.html
The "noble savage" . Lol Look, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and there are handsome and gorgeous Aboriginals BUT they're RACISTS for demanding MORE than every other Australian on the basis of their ethnicity/race. They're milking the "First Australian" thing for all its worth. Should the 2nd Australians (Brits) get MORE than the 3rd Australians (Chinese), who should get MORE than the 4th Australians (southern Europeans Greeks, Italians who should get MORE than the 5th Australians (perhaps Indians etc. Treat ALL Australians as EQUAL because that is what we are.
@William Solia Australia belongs to ALL Australian citizens. Australia is not or should not aspire to being an apartheid state where one ethnic group benefits to the detriment of other groups. When I see an Aboriginal, I see a man or a woman who can compete with me on EQUAL terms. Please stop looking down on Aboriginals and expecting LESS from them just because they are Aboriginal. Do you understand the concept of EQUALITY? That means people are treated the same irrespective of their ethnicity/race.
@William Solia People of ALL ethnicities make up Australia. It is up to the individual to make good. There are Indian, Middle Eastern, African, Chinese, Vietnamese Australians and they do not have access to the special benefits Aboriginals enjoy simply on the basis of their ethnicity/race. Now take oh the Vietnamese. They came from a war torn country as refugees with nothing. Most did not speak English but they worked 16 hours a day doing back breaking menial work, opened little shops, had their shop front windows smashed but persevered in striving to make ends meet and then went on to educate their children to fit in with mainstream Australia. Oh and they weren't just a different ethnicity from white Australia but they were also the "enemy" after the Vietnam war. OMG. Life is hard and getting harder. Don't expect others to support Aboriginals. There the NOTHING to stop any Aboriginal form pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps like every other Australian of ALL ethnicities/races/skin colours/cultures. Stop making excuses for Aboriginals please. Respect is earned, not demanded or worse still begged for.
Living in a time that will make ur eyes cry now.
Natives anywhere in the word lived in perfect harmony until they showed up!
Seriously? Hahaha. Aboriginal Australia was not an idyllic paradise. Traditional warfare amongst Aboriginals was common, taking place between groups on an ongoing basis, with great rivalries being maintained over extended periods of time. There were four types of Australian Aboriginal traditional warfare; formal battles, ritual trials, raids for women, and revenge attacks.
@@Ray-wm8dz do you have any evidence to reference for what you've stated?
@@leinahtanb4885 Do you have any evidence it was love, peace and harmony? Group hug anyone?
@@Ray-wm8dz you want a group hug? Why?
@@leinahtanb4885 Well you seem to paint an idyllic lifestyle of Aboriginals. It wasn't.
These people are poor and deprived, but note the peace & compassion among the children & the adults. The narrator says how they share winnings when playing cards so that the game never ends. Where, in the West, could you observe this kind of genuine co-existence & sharing. Unfortunately, this way of life also will be destroyed.
Maybe not Wai, maybe not . We all have to come together and work , learn , love as one .
We just don't gamble in much of the west. In my family it's always been considered folly. Even with the drunks, womanizers, and junkies, we never had gamblers. Disgusting habit to toy with luck so as to impoverish yourself on purpose with the hope to keep what you already earned, and somehow walk away with more.
@@thirstiestvillager9233 ur defo not aussie hahaha
All this is totally wrong. they are not deprived, they are given $33 Billion pa amongst 300,000 of them. Free medical, education, housing unlike others. They are actually VERY privileged. They also get another $40 Billion pa from mining royalties from land they don`t own and are not entitled to. They are notorious for beating their wives and raping kids. They only stopped eating children 100 yrs ago. The terrible white settlers stopped them. There were no stolen children, half castes were killed at birth so were taken to safety. These are the facts. Write that if you genuinely want to tell the truth.
Dude if you think Aboriginal people don't fight each other I'd invite you to take a walk in Australia
So uplifting to see native Australians contributing. These women are among the best of Australia.
I found myself smiling when they smile ❤️
Beautiful thing to comment. You have a place at my table any day.
The aboriginals where very skilled hunters and artists in there own ways and they knew how to cook things too not just eat them raw.
they dont molest children thats bullshit the australian media made up so they could secure natural resources by restricting movements of the aboriginals in certain locations
+sensei rebel. That is very sadly untrue.
Theknow All Yet Aboriginal Australians despite there low average IQ invented there own tools such as Boomerangs, Nulla Nullas, Woomeroos, Message Sticks, Fire Hunting Tactics, Dot Paintings, Aboriginal Shields, Rattles, Flyers, Dingeridoos, Clap Sticks, And more
matthew mann I bet you wouldn't even survive 2 nights in the wild.
matthew mann
Most of that came from Indonesia. The surviving NT Aboriginals are new wave only arriving here 3000 years ago.
Compare them to the Tasmanian Aboriginal who couldn’t make fire.
May God himself blesa these loving creative people in a spiritual mind uplifting way Amen
The White Man did this to these People..... This isn't their fault.
Oh no those poor people. They gave them Modern civilization and free money!! SO EVIL
The English did this to them, what they did to the Irish was also horrible. But honestly most races have done this to each other not just the WHITES.
cant blame all white people a lot of white people cant help what past ancestors of theres had done not everyone of us chose to be born australians
@@shannonbennett8251 Exactly, not to mention the Irish convicts were slaves and sometimes treated worse than the aboriginals. Also the English aren't all white people.
Brett yo fool how much land have your people took away with gold and diamonds there
Very interesting, the sea turtles are considered an endangered species by those that have taken over Australia. Yet the aborigine, who declines in numbers yearly, is not. There is more value on preservation of animals than for hue-man life. Very interesting.
It's a damn shame is what it is. Karma is a bitch
Hmm at least they know when to tie their tubes unlike you Celeste
Celeste's Nest boo hoo
Billy Hill keep that same energy
Celeste's Nest Yup seems to be the case in North America too
i cried at the end and i dont know why. what a beautiful people.
Make Australia Great Again - Give it back!
A culture of 80,000 years, that thrived through two massive climate changes, with 350 language groups, no war fare, conflict resolution, permaculturing, gathering, making, trading across the continent.
Beyond sustainable, nurturing.
The Society that Nurtures the enviroment has to be sensitive to do that well.
It's a biological mandate, as far as the science goes.
If you think they didn`t conduct warfare i`d advice you to save up some money
and buy a/any book on the matter.
It`s pretty well documented that there were many tribes conducting "war" that lasted
longer periods of time.
Educate yourself bud, don`t be a sheep/parrot.
And giving it back, realy, will you move and go where YOUR ancestors came from?
I don`t think so, but you want others to do it, good thing you`re not a hypocrite right?
Educate yourself bud, can`t say it often enough,
Do you think the French, Dutch, Spanish, or Japanese would have treated Aboriginals any different.? Give it back so we can live how they used to live? Could you live without your modern technology? No money, no houses, no tax, no smart phones, no computers, no cars, no knives and forks, no air conditioning .No social security . We all lived as nomadic hunter/gatherers on every continent (except Antarctica ) but evolved culturally into American, European, modern city dwelling consumers.
@@mrmeeseeks1733 they had elegant conflict resolution protocols that de-escalated matters, and they did not practice war fare, they did not practice conquest. 500 language groups across Australia when first Europeans arrived. They had trade routes across the continent on foot, via song lines... Many varied cultures.
@@mrmeeseeks1733 its not a bout regression, its about healthy relationships.. Thru were able to thrive for 60,000 years and more precisely because their culture was based on health relationships.. Our culture is a hierarchy of power and violence.
@@geoffbowcher3189 it's not about technical regression, it's about healthy relationships. Egalitarian relationships that thrived for 60,000 years. Our culture is a hierarchy of industrial violence, and its at the edges of collapse after 300 years... Bullies dominate and poison the world we live it.. We could have what we have without the pollution, without the Billionaires and the corruption If we had healthy relationship as the base line.
I live in the United States and the same Federal Government policies with First Nations Peoples have caused the same problems.
its a War against those civilizations who reject jewish zionism. Hence 6 pointed stars and saying Birthday.
@@gullybull5568 And Roman rule via the Vatican; the same has happened all over the world regardless of "skin" color; so tired of people who cannot clearly see the world domination of all the indigenous tribes; Europeans used to be tribal.
Is that it? Those are the only ones. Fuck you for not acknowledging what's being done and what has been done to blacks in the states also. The Indians where your last conquest..
We are the native people of the Americas copper colored aboriginals. They call us African Americans, Negros, blacks.
Thank you for this beautiful documentary portraying the culture of Australia's indigenous Aborigini peoples. I am glad that, their children can still learn from their grandparents and I hope that their connection to the roots of their spirituality and culture will continue to live on and be honoured, in the hearts of the next generation🌠🙏🌠
Beautiful people ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ much love to all indigenous people across the globe
These ppl are perfectly intelligible, they don't need to be subtitled, and they certainly don't need their words to be "polished" in subtitling...frankly it's offensive.
Not only that but the subtitles are wrong half the time. I can understand and I'm American.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Perpetually offended. Perhaps there are people who don’t speak English so well themselves, and it may be a help to them.
Exactly what I was thinking.
So offensive. We can understand them perfectly.
The need for subtitles is when u can’t understand them.
It was beautiful to see Clementine with her many grandchildren ! The singing was gorgeous . I hope that the language is being preserved and kept alive more , since this doco was made .
And then the modern men came, ...and they destroyed it all.
Those lost children are lost for life and none cares.......none.
I feel ashamed as a human we can do this to our own people.......Sad it is
Lol
Right, you are!
Been happening for a long time all over the world, I guess the really sad thing is how unequal the two civilisations were in terms of warfare and technology, if the aboriginals were more aggressive like the maoris in New Zealand, then perhaps they might have got a better deal, but it was inevitable that Australia was going to be populated by a European power , such is the way of the world, Sadly so much aboriginal culture in the south eastern states is lost forever, or as the aboriginals say, “Its not lost, just nobody to tell them anymore”
Wow they hunt turtle the same way I was thought in the Bahamas, a practice I frown on today but I don't criticise others that still continue in this way. You people are beautiful.
This really breaks my heart. So many black and brown cultures around the world have been either destroyed or horribly altered because of greed and Christianity. May the Creator correct the destruction of cultures caused by the greedy.
The white man was also destroyed and had his culture ripped out from under him by christianity. We forget it isn't even native to europe. Some religions are just cancerous.
Yes head hunters were really good ...
@@yesssboss2219 either way they were living their truth in harmony with mother earth unbothered! 😒 Idk why people think that colonization was a gift! It wasn't. It took humans from the true source of power and taught lies in order to enslave the mind of generations.
@@RaineBrooks21 lol i will still live in a civilized country than with headhunters .... Many tribe people use to hunt each other including kids ,womens most of us are very thankful to them ... Without them we will be living same miserable life .... Lol u want to live with them ??? Want to try??
@@yesssboss2219 this is a very ignorant comment. In other words people's livelihoods were worse off before civilization. Is that what you're pointing to? Because if that is the case then this is the same colonizer mindset. If the entitlement for me.
There was a movie called rabbit proof fence I believe that was about the children of the lost generation
It was!
Beautiful movie. Strong female characters. Don't understand the evil in man. Just ask why. It saddens me. Thanks
Fence was made to keep Aboriginal people in, Made them easier to hunt during the Hunting season.
Also watch a movie called
Sunshine and Orange's
@@beccathib3656 more like white man
My heart goes out to these people!
Absolutely enchanting people, how gentle , genuine and innocent they appear to be!
It's a great pity that the original settlers and christian prosletizers didn't share your view !
I didn't need subtitles to understand them.
Francie Coleman - 👍Exactly! It’s hidden racism meant to further undermine and insult.
I was just gonna comment how funny it is that they put up subtitles when they were speaking English and yet no subtitles when speaking their native language/Tiwi. Gonna give the makers the benefit of doubt that they weren't trying to alienate these ppl from the audiences watching on purpose, but that is pretty much the effect it gives.
Everyone need to help to human.
Ge sounded American tbh
Francie Coleman exactly. Piss me tf off
We can’t lose the original ways it’s so very important.....
Thank you so much for sharing this documentary it was wonderful.
Much health love and light to ALL (gal from oz)
Awww its so good to watch them sing and 💃 dance it made the Aboriginal people so happy 😊
For all who love Earth and each other, you will be blessed. All else will die. A reckoning is coming... Don't be fooled. Money is a control mechanism. Money is a lie.
Its happening now
@Marxine St.Arline no. I came to that realization as a child.
@Marxine St.Arline no. But I don't think Jesus was a fan of money either. My dad was a Christian and he loved money. I told him how ridiculous of a limiting concept it was. I'm a pagan if you're asking.
@Marxine St.Arline are you sure you're speaking truth or are you speculating to justify your own point of opinion? Id be willing to bet you're white.
@Marxine St.Arline who says it's backwards?
What a lovely film. Thank you so much. I learned again what is important from these people.
This doco should have at least 25 million views.
Great documentary, thank you for bringing there story to us.
it's like the story of the native Americans, but in a far off land.
arron haggerty it's the story of aboriginal peoples all over the planet.
arron duplication mans inhumanity to man . mabey women should rule the world [ safe space]
*Scientific and historical facts*
The first Homo sapiens who colonised Australia walked from the north about 40,000 years ago - because there was land to walk on. The first human migration to Australia was achieved when this landmass formed part of the Sahul continent, connected to the island of New Guinea via a land bridge. Over time these land bridges were covered by ocean due to normal tectonic plate movement and land subsidence. Hence the Homo sapiens who inhabited the continent of Australia about 40,000-50,000 years ago (the ancestors of current Australian aborigines) became cut off from the Homo sapiens on the other parts of the planet.
After they were cut-off, the human tribes in Australia fought each other and many tribes slaughtered the males of other tribes. The Australian aboriginals were particularly bloodthirsty and cruel. The normal process of inter-tribal fighting means that males are usually killed while females are kept alive to bear the children of the victorious tribe.
The humans who occupied the rest of the planet had similar inter-tribal warfare but there was a much greater variety of humans who were competing with each other. On the large continents, humans evolved and changed due to a great deal of natural competition. Stronger more intelligent human groups resulted. Over many thousands of years the successful groups dominated and incorporated their genes with other stronger groups. This is a simplification of course but it explains observations.
Humans across the planet (except for those in Australia and other inaccessible locations) developed agriculture and better tools and instruments. This caused them to flourish. As their numbers increased, diseases evolved which killed many of these humans, except for those with stronger immune systems. The survivors had better immune systems as well as better skills in cognitive thought and were better at living co-operatively. These humans’ survived and weaker humans died off.
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If Australia had NOT been cut off by the ocean, stronger, more intelligent humans would have dominated and killed the males of the Australian tribes. They would have assimilated some of the genes from the females many thousands of years ago.
The overall result is that mainstream humans with a higher intelligence and stronger immune systems spread across the planet, except for places which were inaccessible, such as Australia. The humans in Australia remained stone-age tribes who had not yet invented the wheel. On a scale where the average European human has an IQ of 100, the natives of Australia have an IQ of about 64. By the modern Australian standard, pure aboriginals are well below the medically defined level for mental retardation, thus they qualify for special medical benefits the same as other handicapped people. Recognising that the natives had little organisation and had developed only simple stone tools, the British colonists saw Australia as unoccupied.
When the British arrived to colonise Australia in 1788 they carried with them diseases which the stone-age Australian aboriginal immune system was not adapted to. The settlers would have been unaware of this. Viruses and bacteria were not known about at that time. Human hosts would have been completely unaware they were carrying diseases dangerous to Australian natives. The British settlers were soon followed by others from Europe and Asia bringing with them varieties of bacteria and viruses that the Australian aboriginals had not contracted before. This was the main cause of ‘aboriginal’ death. An aboriginal living in those early days needed to stay well away from the settlers and some settlers helped to facilitate this.
Most aboriginal deaths were caused by introduced diseases or inter-tribal conflict. There were hundreds of tribes and about 250 different primitive languages. The tribes were very bloodthirsty towards each other. Some may have been killed by settlers in self-defence or accidental but killing aborigines was illegal and called murder by British law.
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Humans reached Tasmania approximately 40,000 years ago by migrating across a land bridge from the mainland that existed during the last ice age. After the seas rose about 12,000 years ago and covered the land bridge, the inhabitants there were isolated from the mainland until the arrival of European settlers. The settler’s history is particularly well detailed by historic documents. The death of these aboriginals due to disease is particularly well described. The European settlers tried to isolate them to protect them from diseases. There is NO evidence of mass killings or genocide.
Many of the Australian aboriginals who survived the diseases mixed their genes with the colonists and many ‘mixed race’ humans have resulted. They are still called ‘aboriginals’.
There are a small number of ‘pure’ aboriginals still in existence. They are generally quiet and prefer to live in remote, isolated locations. They are cared for and survive because of the health care system in place to look after them. Antibiotics have had an important role.
The large amount of government funding assigned to aboriginal healthcare allows the mixed race aboriginals to thrive. The average mixed race aboriginal female has more than 6 children. As expected there are major problems with drug abuse and child sexual abuse. Most do not have the skills to be gainfully employed so most have very little to do and they suffer from boredom.
There are many mixed race aboriginals who are termed ‘aboriginals’. The more vocal and assertive of them tend to have characteristics of Europeans and have a family tree that is mostly European. Some of these mixed race aboriginals become ‘aboriginal activists’ who try to propagate the idea that ‘invading whites’ have taken over their country. For example, a similar UA-cam video has written comments such as:
“Our blood is mixed with many who have sought our Land, and our shade of skin is varied, but our hearts will always be true.”
The implication being that the writer is mostly European or Asian in background but wants to claim that it is his/her land. This is taken seriously by the media even though the family tree of the ‘aboriginal activists’ demonstrates that the activists themselves are ‘invading whites’ -- the very group that they profess to be subjugated by. Some ‘aboriginals’ even have blue eyes.
The reason the media exaggerates the bad treatment of aboriginals and propagate a myth of an evil history of colonist treatment of aboriginals is to make the news more exciting to attract readers. ‘Aboriginal’ activists exaggerate for political reasons - to gain more funding and special treatment. All very understandable - but the media should be more in tune with reality. This would help politicians to speak the truth.
arron haggerty its called Imperialism , and its harsh!!!
Theknow All where did you get your information from? It sounds fairly incorrect... If you are not aboriginal yourself, then you really don't know... And saying that it was fighting within tribes that killed off the aboriginal men and that the diseases was a large part also is misinformation...
Our aboriginal ancesters were raped and yes murdered during colonisation. Our ancesters were considered flaura and fauna because we were misunderstood and because our people did not build so called large monuments etc so were called dumb and uneducated... Dumb are those who do not appreciate the prosperity they alreasy live in. Nature provides all that is needed. Gratitude is the highest power of the mind. And that was and still is the way of our aboriginal people. Life is magical. It isn't about building this and being better or stronger than him or her. Its about unity, love, respect, understanding, appreciation, etc. Yes time and attitudes have changed but our spirits and connections to life has not.
What a wonderful documentary. It almost makes me wish I belonged there. It looks like real freedom.
I truly adore our beautifully diverse world! ❤🌎
The beauty and purity in innocence .
How insulting
Thx for showing my mob from Australia, much loved footage and much respect to whoever likes it! ❤️😘☺️💞❕❗
It makes me.so.sad to see.what the white people have done to all these peoples around the world, it breaks my heart.
These.people are who we should be listening to and who we should be learning from, how.to I've on the earth in harmony.I
Hopefully one day your people's land and ways will get back.to how.it is supposed to be, free to live on your land without fear and without the white man or any other meddling and taking away your land and your ways.
How did they know they were living in squalid conditions? Oh thats right Whitey educated them. No one is stopping them at all to leave whitey society and return to the Bush! NO BODY.
@@anthonynewman5998 guiltyness rest on your conscience ! Iol.
@@paulgabbidon4101 Nope not at all ! when you give people a CHOICE and they make the wrong one aint my/our fault! Dont feel guilty at all!!
@@anthonynewman5998 are you angry? Sorry i had to butt in. You may feel some way upset. You think they had a choice and in your sense they picked wrong. Do you feel a strong feeling toward a choice that maybe you made that was wrong?
@@donniecole973 Angry ? No im not. Responsible for my choices Yes i am.
I grew up in Mataranka. Its 105km south of Katherine. Us kids would go fishing down the river and make spears out of sticks and wire and catch crayfish. It was awesome growing up. The called us white fella we called them black fella and that was the way it was. Our school would go out to one of the local dry community's called Jilkminggan for cretin events and watch aboriginal dances. I used to love listing to the aboriginal stories. It was sad tho seeing how addiction is ruining a very nice people.
Ned Kelly have you ever heard of “self-medicating “? Now imagine what pains this entire group of “nice people “ ...
yo, I have been to mataranka a few times (i'm a kiwi) you grew up in an amazing place.
Please sgh
Gotta love Tommy, a great bloke and one of our great aussie actors.
It's not just them either. It's all people.
My four year old, American son adores the song that the children sing at the end of this video. Our generation and the coming generations all over the world will bridge and mend the connections that have been lost. We are on the precipice of a new age.
All the fertile land was stolen from them...
Bullshit most of them lived in the desert. Most of Australia is desert! Dickwad!
@Donna Jones You are correct the Australian aborigines did not have possessions being hunter gatherers and constantly on the move in search of food they could not carry much with them. They also did not posses the land fence it or cultivate it or nurture any livestock.
Jamie Nelson yep australian pygmies
@@rods6405 There is plenty of evidence to suggest that many Aboriginals had agriculture.
@@rods6405 Watch the video by Cogito on Aboriginal agriculture.
I am Indigenous Australian and grew up in Darwin. In many ways it hasn’t really changed in 2021.
Oh that's good to hear from you here, Hi nice to meet you here, How's your weather condition over there?
these people are living at a beautiful peace, the lack nothing, they are whole at heart. i find so much beauty in learning different cultures amazing :-)
Hi, I was born and raised in Haisla Traditional Territorial Lands in the Province of British Columbia Canada. As a Indigenous Person, I can surely relate to your story in the deepest way. All over the world, in a relentless greed driven search for natural resources, Indigenous Peoples have been broken down and decimated by the intent of Colonizers. This action continues to this day. Canada continues these actions now in 2019. Government bureaucrats and clones remove new born babies from their mothers arms in hospitals, Our Lands continue to be destroyed for resources and for private ownership by non-Indigenous Peoples, Men women and children disappear and are murdered on a regular on-going basis, entire Indigenous Communities are denied government funding for basic services such as clean drinking water. Resource extraction by multi'national Corporations increasingly contaminates our Lands and waters and the air that we breathe. Corporate activity destroys natural food sources such as water fowl and wild salmon, and foreign owned 'Salmon Farms' Contaminate surrounding marine water ways with their chemicals and the sea lice that explodes from the salmon farm pens into the marine environment. The list continues to expand as time goes by. Colonial Activity continues to destroy the interests of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. We always hear the slogan that, Canada is the best place to live in the world. This is not necessarily true for the Indigenous People in Canada.
The corporates are the enemies of the entire world.
Trust me it is the Multi-National Corporations who are the real enemies of ALL people.... they have poisoned our foods, waters, air too. They will dump their wastes any where they please except an elite neighborhood.
Greed, power, superialism & colonialism is Australia's motive for their unlimited dying power!
Racism has cost Australia trillions!
These evil people have destroyed the beautiful tribal cultures all around the world. Some day god would punish them. Just be patient and pray for world peace and kindness.
😔She’s 3rd generation and has already lost her culture - she knows nothing about her own people. 😢
Boy..that SMILE on that one little one just melted my heart..I fell in LOVE with him..and he looked so mischievous and happy I just 'LOVED' that.. they are such beautiful and awesome people wow I just LOVE them peace blessings and LOVE to all of Black Australians!
TRULY beautiful People
I see everyone says they look like Indians from India, but they look African to me. Big nose, curly hair, dark skin. I believe each of us began in Africa.
This people are south Indian
Nyle they look nothing like black people or Indians!! Take a good look in the mirror 😂😂😏😩👎
@@anjalitaneja8627 Thanks Einstein....what a fuckwit thing to say.
@@MrRasZee Ok, I'll stick with evidence based science, you stay scrabbling for answers from your invisible sky monster. Still not answering your prayers? He must be busy, giving aids to babies and starving orphans...
@Caden powell nah mate, we come from land we still live on today. If the government tell the truth. History will change.
I'm from PNG 🇵🇬 just located north of Australia , the abroginous are just like us( meleneasian) same culture and we respect our motherland..i pity and love them so much😭💔
What a sleep in the face.
There training them to be mine workers and destroy there own land.
Yes & it's MIND BLOWING!!!
appreciate the way you portray Aboriginal Peoples as resourceful without hiding the traumas due to devastating and destruction (continuing) colonialism. yes Corroboree is pronounced differently, but to choose that to comment on, is a poor choice I think ....
I have a great respect for Aborigines, the ancient ancestors of Australia. Aborigines were once the first people and greatest people on Earth. With shared love, spirituality, and continued sobriety, they will become great again. Like the USA, we should help Make Aborigines Great Again. 🌟
What clever, enchanted & interesting people. At least they know spirituality!!!!!!! When I say at least, I really mean WOW! These people are indeed rich.
@40:00 Their artwork is beautiful.. I love it..
I'm getting good bumps watching this! Beautiful story of our ancestors! Mining makes me sick!
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The music they play i could vibe to it all day and all night 🌙 🎶 😌 ✨ 💕 IM SENDING LOVE AND THANKFULNESS TO ALL THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE...THE 1ST ORGINAL PEOPLE.
Loving this one thanks for sharing this very important information giving thanks blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention to this one
This article has given me a new sense of purpose. It's so motivating and inspiring, and it's filled with great advice and insights
i love that music, I love these people. Leave Australia alone, Leave aboriginals alone. As far as I am concerned Australia is country belong to the black skinned people.
Robert. That would be awesome. Unfortunately, Aboriginals demand that Australian tax payers of ALL other ethnicities PAY for them and so we do.
And so we should@@Ray-wm8dz
@@kendram7192 Try imagining treating all Australians as equals. Of course if you want to you can choose to give your pay to an Aboriginal. There is nothing to stop you from doing so. Don't forget your house too and as a humble gesture of respect, leave Australia. Thank you.
Love the music too
Unfortunately, treating Aboriginals the same way as we treat non-Aboriginals doesn't work. They have different ways than we do. We took away much of their capacity to live the way they wish, and are trying to force them to live the way we do. Treating people "equally" only works if you start out on an "equal" footing and have an "equal" outlook and direction. Try asking two runners to run the same race at the same time, except let's break one runner's legs first. Maybe one of them has been running their whole life and the other has only ever swam @@Ray-wm8dz
Reading “you are a spiritual bring having a human experience” I’m where the book mentions “Dreamtime Memory” wanted more info on it
These are my people, my ancestors, my blood. Love you from India
I am white british and can say with hand on heart, the white man has a lot to answer for, but what is done cannot be undone, i wish it were not so, we need to learn about the past and preserve it so that it can go on and be a part of all our lives.
how about some direct monetary reparations, then white man??
@@stevenbarton5949 if i had it i would gladly give it, however i am with you and totally agree there should be some. but it will never happen. ( sorry for the negative reply )
Why do you feel guilty for something that you didn’t have anything to do with? I’m not saying that you can’t empathise with these people btw. It’s in the past and you can’t change anything. You just have to accept it. Do Turks pay reparations to Kurds or Assyrians etc. Do Arabs pay North Africans, Europeans etc. for the Islamic Barbary Slave Trade? Do the Chinese pay reparations to the Vietnamese or others?