Racism entrenched in youth justice and child protection systems, inquiry hears

Aboriginal community-controlled organisations have told the federal racism inquiry that racial bias on the part of child ...
The Conversation

More Indigenous children are going to preschool, but is this enough?

The latest Closing the Gap data contains some good news – there is a marked increase in early childhood enrolments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The report shows how in the year ...
Phys.org

Schools must do more than box-ticking to support Indigenous kids, shows report

An Indigenous-led study of Perth primary schools has found that educators often rely on symbolic gestures rather than meaningful action to support Aboriginal children at school, prompting calls for ...
Medical Xpress

Program can prevent adverse childhood experiences in Indigenous children

A seven-session program that teaches skills to prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in a largely Indigenous population shows promise for preventing ACEs, according to a study published online ...

National Aboriginal children’s commissioner accuses NT government of ‘misleading’ public over child protection reform

The national watchdog for Indigenous children has described the CLP government’s child protection changes as a “devastating” ...

South Australia launches first Aboriginal Early Childhood Strategy with $35 million investment

Emotional community leaders welcomed the announcement, saying it is a milestone beginning for Aboriginal families and ...
Phys.org

New France had child slaves, and they were Indigenous, studies reveal

Between 1632 and 1760, records show that 734 Indigenous children were enslaved in France's North American colony, historian Dominique Deslandres reveals in two recent studies. Torn from their families ...
Texas Public Radio

Meet the robots programmed by kids to speak their Indigenous languages

Many Native American languages are endangered. With the help of his mentor, a 12-year-old in Michigan hopes to help preserve ...

Indigenous journalists detail experiences of racism in newsrooms and media to inquiry

Ignoring successful community-led solutions in favour of 'crisis and conflict' contributes to negative public perception, the ...

Alarming data reveals Far North Queensland is epicentre of indigenous child safety crisis

Twenty per cent of all indigenous children in care and nearly one-third of all harm notifications are from Far North Queensland despite representing just six per cent of the state’s child population, ...
Publishers Weekly

Indigenous Children’s Book Authors Band Together

As a driving force behind Heartdrum, a HarperCollins imprint devoted to Native American children’s book authors, Cynthia Leitich Smith has seen firsthand how Indigenous representation in publishing ...
UPI

Indigenous traditions helped 4 children survive 40 days in jungle

June 15 (UPI) --The discovery and rescue of four young Indigenous children, 40 days after the aircraft they were traveling in crashed in the remote Colombian rainforest, was hailed in the ...