Aborigines

Modern Man Is A Wimp, According To Anthropologist

Reuters | John Mehaffey | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home


Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions. Any Neanderthal wom...

Tasered Man Bursts Into Flames In Australia

Huffington Post | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


When police taser-gunned a man in an aboriginal community in Western Australia who was charging them with a can of gasoline and a lighter, he suddenly...

Australian Aborigines Restrict Alcohol Sales To Address Crisis

nytimes.com | NORIMITSU ONISHI | Posted 08.05.2009 | World


HALLS CREEK, Australia Since Halls Creek recently became the latest Aboriginal town in the Australian outback to restrict alcohol sales, its doctors a...

Reconciliation Through Art: Video Premiere of "Apology (It's Time)"

Russell James | Posted 03.15.2009 | World


Russell James

One year ago tomorrow, Kevin Rudd, on his first day of office, officially apologized to the Indigenous people of Australia for 200 years of oppression. This speech was the impetus for this video.

Australia and America: A Shared Hope and Changed Attitude

Baz Luhrmann | Posted 02.14.2009 | World


Baz Luhrmann

The problems facing the United States -- and countries around the world right now -- are so towering that our only hope is in reaching out to our neighbors, building bridges, and moving on from old wounds.

Nicole Kidman Possibly Barren After Taboo Didgeridoo Playing

Posted 01.17.2009 | Entertainment


Nicole Kidman has been warned by Aborigines who say she will not be able to have more children because she broke a sacred taboo by playing a didgerido...