Obligations to the land Flashcards

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Aboriginal law and spirituality are determined by?

A

the land, the people and creation.
- Thus forms culture and sovereignty (supreme power/authority)

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Each Aboriginal possesses some essence of?

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The ancestral beings that is created in their country.

  • Therefore, each person is a custodian (steward) of the land.
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Ancestral beings handed down, what?

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laws and customs relating to sustaining and responsible management.

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What is a ritual estate

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The land that they have responsibility for

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Clan members are responsible for maintaining what?

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sacred sites under guidance of elders.
Sacred sites are inhabited by ancestral beings.
- Clan members perform sacred rituals to honour the ancestral beings.
“ The land is the mother & we are of the land; we do not own the land rather the land owns us. The land is our food, our culture, our spirit & our identity.”

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Kanyini

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“Caring with unconditional love”
Bob Randal

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