Sentence examples for as aborigines from inspiring English sources

In the 1970s Aboriginal politics entered a new era, as Aborigines began demanding land rights and self-determination based on the aself-determination basedoncupathen of the continent.

Yet only 1,298 people applied for inclusion as Aborigines on Atsic's electoral roll.

The first law about the Ainu that was passed, in 1899, defined them as aborigines in need of assimilation.

The ones that survived formed a distinct community in the isolation of the Bass Strait islands, conscious of their standing and rights as Aborigines.

"Hui O He'e Nalu started," explained Ms. Chillingworth, who is also a liaison with the California company that manufactures Da Hui clothes, "because local people were getting real disrespected, and outsiders were coming here and looking at Hawaiians as aborigines".

They were for the most part the dark-skinned citizens of Taiwan known as aborigines, the indigenous mountain-dwellers who have sometimes had an uneasy relationship with the island's more recently arrived Han Chinese ruling class.

The number of those identifying as Aborigine in Tasmania rapidly rose in the late 20th century.

He lists Goodes's qualities as "Aborigine, Sportsmen, mother was a member of the 'stolen generation'".

If all goes well, the government will begin vaccinations in October, giving priority to Aborigines, as well as to health care workers and to others at high risk.

Once heard only in music associated with Australian Aboriginal ritual ceremonies, such as those for sunsets, circumcisions, and funerals, the didjeridu is now also used in other contexts by Aborigines as well as in many popular- and art-music genres in the 21st century.

With regards to aboriginal status, 1.36% of the population was classified as being aborigines, and this group had a higher utilization rate than non-aboriginal people.