Adopting an Indigenous framework is more aligned with Indigenous realities, knowledge, intellects, histories and experiences.
Indigenous methodology makes it explicit that the study will be viewed through a culturally-specific lens that privileges Indigenous realities by taking account of Indigenous epistemologies and ontologies [ 18].
Adopting an Indigenous framework identifies the limitation of Western paradigms to adequately portray Indigenous realities, knowledge, intellects, histories and experiences.
In reality, indigenous governments are the most over-reporting level of government, because any community that receives funding under the Indian Act is required to produce about 100 reports every year, something that Minister Valcourt might know about his own department, if only he had read Anaya's report before responding to it in a press release.
Given this reality, indigenous and ethnic minority students are required to aim to achieve a high level of academic performance within the pathways used for future selection into medical or health professional programmes of study [ 12].
While many health care providers want to improve service delivery to Indigenous patients, the reality in most health settings is that demands for quality and organisational efficiency compete, so there is often little time or resources allocated to understanding the special needs of Indigenous people and the challenges of providing quality primary and follow-up care.
Because they tend to proceed from lived experiences and historical realities, indigenous notions of rights are hardly abstract.
Australia clings to the idea of settlement while Indigenous people know the reality of invasion.
It was a "tragic reality" that indigenous Australians were four times more likely to die from disease.
So, the ABC is turning the complex, divisive issue of constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians into a reality TV show featuring Andrew Bolt.
