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Topic : Reconciliation

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Chapter 1 : The Royal Commission

In the 1980s a large number of Indigenous people died while in prison or police custody
In August 1987 the Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody was established
It focused on the deaths of 99 Aboriginal people who died between January 1980 and May 1989
The report showed a deficiency of care for Indigenous detainees
No individual police or prison officers were found responsible for any of the deaths
The commissioners found some of the investigations into the deaths to be incompetent and inadequate
The report highlighted negative and racist attitudes in the police force and in prisons
The commissioners said that 200 years of white domination had played a major part
Their report said that Indigenous Australians had been failed by many governments
Self-determination and empowerment of the Aboriginal peoples was put forward as a solution

Chapter 2 : The process of reconciliation

Chapter 3 : The road to reconciliation

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