Why Warriors Lie Down and Die: Towards an Understanding of Why the Aboriginal People of Arnhem Land Face the Greatest Crisis in Health and Education Since European Contact- Djambatj Mala: Richard Trudgen: 9780646395876: Amazon.com: Books

Why Warriors Lie Down and Die: Towards an Understanding of Why the Aboriginal People of Arnhem Land Face the Greatest Crisis in Health and Education Since European Contact- Djambatj Mala: Richard Trudgen

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Product Details Paperback: 270 pages Publisher: Aboriginal Resource & Development Services Inc (2000) Language: English

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4.0 out of 5 starsWhy Warriors lay down and die....

By BushySV on March 17, 2013

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This is a scary read, between feeling like the indigenous people of Australia are facing the apocolypse versus they are the oldest living civilisation in the world and that we, as all australians including some in the aboriginal community, are NOT doing enough. Amazing read and should be a compulsory read for all politicians, teachers and CEO's

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5.0 out of 5 starsMust Read

By Tomislav Kefecek on July 22, 2013

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An outstanding piece of work that describes in detail the clash, misunderstandings and overwhelming sadness when sophisticated stone age culture meets the culture of the post industrial age. Written in a narrative style that is clearly sensitive to being more respectful and unpatronising than earlier works on and about Australian Aboriginal society. A book that should be compulsory reading for all Australians.

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5.0 out of 5 starsAnd Important and Decolonising Worl

By Joan Fleming on July 18, 2015

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This is an insightful book that sensitively unpacks the difference in worldview between dominant (white) and aboriginal cultures. Trudgen is doing important work in this space and, to my mind, he is thoroughly decolonized.

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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat work!

By Jan Hawkins on December 27, 2014

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A really great book that introduces solutions and the questions into the problems of the Australian First Nations people. You can read my full review at http://janhawkinsau.wordpress.com/2014/12/10/why-warriors-lie-down-and-die/