What motivates you to better understand Indigenous perspectives? In what ways do you or can you engage with the Aboriginal Country that you live and/or work?

In the Introduction section Blair (2015) suggests that embedding Aboriginal perspectives is:Group of answer choicesmore than attaching something exotic into already existing course content.an important way to tick the Indigenous box.only necessary if your students have experienced racism.an optional activity suggested by ACARA and AITSL.

“There are words used to describe the features of a Country, like a human spine. A hill or a mountain is a backbone. Because that’s the part that holds you together.” – Margaret Kemarre Turner OAM, Advisor and great grandmother2.  In what ways might appropriately learning, or learning about, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples be important for non-Indigenous Australians, and/or for the relationships between non-Indigenous Australians and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?

The effective embedding of Aboriginal perspectives is found in process not content. A helpful framework discussed in this chapter is called:Group of answer choicesthe Indigenous Academic Support framework.the Australian Curriculum framework.the 8 Ways framework.the 10 Ways framework.

What are the top two factors that Grieves (2014) discovered are most important for Indigenous peoples’ wellbeing?Group of answer choicesKnowledge of family history and spiritualityKnowledge of oneself and knowledge of family historySpirituality and knowledge of an Indigenous group’s history and cultureSpirituality and knowledge of the environment

Indigenous Peoples are culturally distinct societies and communities.