Re: Violence in Aboriginal Communities

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In a message dated 96-10-02 20:53:28 EDT, oglala@FRAGILE.IDEAL.NET.AU (sioux)
writes:

>Could anyone assist us with some information on violence within Aboriginal
>communities?

Talk about coincidental... Has anyone else had chance to see "Once Were
Warriors"? Wow! Very violent, and extremely disturbing. The Maori tradition
was definately presented as "good" but I found it especially interesting that
two of the characters approach the lifestyle out of desperation - one in a
seemingly "surface" way by joining a gang and getting the facial tattoos, the
other by learning the "deeper" structure of the training to be a warrior at a
social services institution where he is placed by the state. Anyone else seen
it and have comments?

- Adrienne

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