Get with it and stop playing bleeding hearts.
There is not one educated aboriginal who wants to live the primitive life.
Not one. So give over and let the Government get on with what has to be done and quickly.

HRS
I live on an Aboriginal Community and I can assure you there are many Indigenous that own a tent and usually use them when camping especially when cold. Like some of us Balanda there are also many that enjoy camping under the stars. And I can assure you, they still enjoy hunting, a great deal of their diet is mdae up of collected tucker, mainly that, that has been hunted. Granted, guns are used occassionally for some hunting purposes, but spears are also used frequently to hunt turtle or stingray or fish. Aboriginal people have not rejected their culture but still remain connected in many ways, through ceremony, through living off the land, through relationships with each other. They also live in houses and many are attempting to move forward. We should not place all Aboriginals in the one basket, many still need assistance to become self empowered, but let's also acknowledge those Aborginal people that are attempting to retain their culture as well as taking responsibility for their own lives.

Well said Andrew and Neil.Hang your heads in shame HRS and Aqv. I bet
neither of you have the guts to put your names to your grubby,bigoted comments.
Bruce Haigh

Rainee,
This is an interesting issue. The aboriginal relatives I spoke about live in a large town, and have minimal contact with the bush or countryside, and I believe they have minimal interest. I have also been in numerous national parks from Tasmania to Cairns, but have never once seen an aboriginal in any national park exploring the bush or having contact with the natural bush in some way.

This means that an affinity for the Australian bush is not genetic, but cultural or social only, and an aboriginal is not that different to anyone else, or at least not that different genetically.

I have also lived off what I could catch when living for weeks at a time on boats and have used spears, spear guns, nets, fishing lines and sometimes my bare hands to catch food and I have also eaten a range of bush tucker, but that doesn’t make me aboriginal apparently, and I cannot apply for any grants, subsidies or payments accordingly.

I suggest that concern about language loss and cultural loss are far higher among non-indigenous Australians. Most indigenous Australians I know (and I would know several hundred) are far more concerned about how they can access the facilities they see non-indigenous Australians accessing...i.e. housing, health, welfare, education for their kids and the material goods of life. They have sometimes been given patently false information by activists more interested in retaining their influence than in allowing indigenous people to access those things they believe they need to become part of society.
Many indigenous Australians do not like the views espoused by some of the 'activists' who represent them but these views make for good media coverage so they go on being heard.

Thanks for your comment Bruce Haigh. Now show me my grubby, bigoted comments or is it the best you can achieve, groundless drive by slander.