First Nations Australian traditional custodianship

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/first-nations-australian-traditional-custodianship

1. What language do people speak in First Nations Australian traditional custodianship?
2. What does 'traditional custodianship' mean for First Nations peoples?
3. How do First Nations people help keep the land healthy?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What language do people speak in First Nations Australian traditional custodianship?Hundreds of distinct Indigenous languages and dialects, though many are endangered
2. What does 'traditional custodianship' mean for First Nations peoples?It means being the original caretakers of land and sea, caring for it like a living friend, protecting and sharing it for future generations.
3. How do First Nations people help keep the land healthy?They use special techniques like controlled fire, water systems, and careful hunting to keep plants, animals, and the environment balanced.

Country: A comprehensive term encompassing land, sea, waterways, and sky, imbued with spiritual significance and forming the basis of identity and responsibility for First Nations peoples.
Traditional Custodianship: The ethical and spiritual obligation held by First Nations peoples to care for, protect, and maintain their ancestral lands and waters.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK): A dynamic, cumulative body of knowledge, practice, and belief, evolving by adaptive processes and handed down through generations by cultural transmission, about the relationship of living beings (including humans) with one another and with their environment.