Abstract
This study examined the role of the First Nations beneficiary charities in contributing to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Northern Territory, Australia, as a way of attaining self-determination by closing the expectations gap between First Nations people and the mainstream Australians. Informed by the theory of self-determination (ethical and functional strands), a latent content analysis of 118 charities serving the First Nations people was conducted, coding the summary of their activities to ascertain their strategic engagement with the SDGs. A network analysis was also carried out to examine the charities’ connections with each other and their collective contribution towards the SDGs. The findings show that charities contribute to creating cultural capital through social capital, followed by intellectual capital dimensions. However, charities contributed little to building environmental capital dimension of the First Nations people. This study examined charities’ engagement with SDGs to build cultural capital in furtherance of self-determination of Australia’s First Nations people.
Highlights
Australia’s First Nations people culture has at least 65,000 years of history; being the oldest civilisation in the world is a reason in itself for this culture to be preserved and nurtured
This study examined First Nations people in Australia because as a community group they have experienced numerous chronic disparities compared with the dominant Australian cultural group
From 1967 to 1972, the Commonwealth government became involved in indigenous affairs in the Northern Territory (NT) and Australian Commonwealth Territory (ACT)
Summary
Australia’s First Nations people culture has at least 65,000 years of history; being the oldest civilisation in the world is a reason in itself for this culture to be preserved and nurtured. The term First Nations people is the contemporary term used to refer to the indigenous population in Australia, which has two distinct cultural groups: Aboriginal and Torres. This study examined First Nations people in Australia because as a community group they have experienced numerous chronic disparities compared with the dominant Australian cultural group. These include high child mortality, low school attendance, low levels of literacy and numeracy, low year 12 attainment, low employment, and low life expectancy [9]. The study focuses on the role of charities given the Federal government support for local non-governmental action whereby First Nations people can be empowered with self-determination to make decisions about life choices for themselves and for their future generations
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