Geez Claw. what a deeply concerning post. ???
How would u be if 300 odd years ago your ancestor's country was invaded and your people were nearly wiped out, before being thrown into a hierarchical, greed-driven society where they start at the bottom of the food-chain?
Do u expect the ancestors of Indigenous genocide and the stolen generation to just fit right in?
throwing money at them is never going to fix these problems, so dont expect it to.
Many people portray Aboriginals as a primitive people. But they lived sustainably for thousands of years in communities based on shared wealth and respect for accumulative knowledge. We live in a society fueled by greed and materialism.
Lets not forget that after the trouble with the natives in many other English colonies the powers that be learned their lessons well and over time systematically and deliberately created a welfare or nanny state amongst the indigenous people of Australia. This is how they attempted to keep the natives in check and is in no small part a reason why we have the situation we do today.
In the early/middle part of last century a bloke by the name of Weston A Price traveled the world seeking out indigenous cultures that still lived traditional ways and compared their health and well being to those that had been "influenced" by westerners. These places included Africa, Switzerland, New Hebrides, Polynesia, Arctic regions and Australia. What he said about the aborigines i find interesting.
Eg.
While these evidences of superior physical development command our most profound
admiration, their ability to build superb bodies and maintain them in excellent condition in so
difficult an environment commands our genuine respect. It is a supreme test of human
efficiency. It is doubtful if many places in the world can demonstrate so great a contrast in
physical development and perfection of body as that which exists between the primitive
Aborigines of Australia who have been the sole arbiters of their fate and those aborigines who
have been under the influence of white man.
Nutrition And Physical Degeneration, p171
I must point out the use of the term "primitive" is by no means meant meant to be a derogatory term here, but merely a description of those that had not yet had "modern" ways forced upon them at the time. (The use of this term is explained in the forward of the latest editions of his book.) Some of these "primitive" people he studied were in fact white.
