Knowing the words for numbers is not necessary to be able to count, according to new research. The study of the aboriginal children -- from two communities which do not have words or gestures for ...

Growing up in an Indigenous Aboriginal family in Australia, nothing was scarier to horror director Jon Bell than the government. He recalls the “Stolen Generations,” a tragedy that Americans likely ...

Leader of the pack: Djalu Gurruwiwi of the Galpu clan leads younger performers at the 2013 Garma Festival in Arnhem Land. AAP Image/Youthu Yindi Foundation Tony Abbott is spending this week in North ...

At any time, almost one in two Aboriginal children living in remote areas will have a school sore. That means right now, there are an estimated 15,000 children needing treatment. School sores can be ...

A PROMINENT Aboriginal lawyer says a radical new approach is needed to avoid losing another generation of indigenous wards of the state to despair and dysfunction, as ANDREW DOWDELL reports. Mr ...

Aboriginal children in remote communities in Canada’s northern regions are getting some extra nutrition for both their minds and bodies at literacy camps this summer with help from Kids Can Press and ...

New research into the most successful strategies for health promotion and prevention of illness in young Aboriginal children has received funding from the Australian Primary Health Care Research ...

The best documentary films are ones that tell a story. Backtrack Boys allows Aboriginal kids from around the Armidale region in NSW to express themselves and show how hard life is for them. These are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A parent has posted a video online claiming every Aboriginal person was kicked out of the Inverell Aquatic Centre because a few ...

ABORIGINAL children as young as eight are smoking marijuana, with the drug replacing petrol sniffing in some remote Northern Territory communities, according to indigenous MP Alison Anderson. Ms ...