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[1/5] Children study the Dharug language at Lethbridge Park Public School in Sydney, Australia May 8, 2023. "Opening our own schools, that's sovereignty in action," said Webb, one of those seeking to revive the Indigenous language spoken in Coffs Harbour, a coastal town about 500 km (310 miles) north of Sydney. Authorities often relocated Indigenous people from their traditional lands, known as Country, and forcibly separated Indigenous children from their families, resulting in a "stolen generation" because of policies that ran from the mid-19th century to the 1970s. As late as the 1980s, authorities punished Indigenous people for speaking their languages. At the time of European colonisation, more than 250 Indigenous languages, including 800 dialects, were believed to have been spoken continent-wide, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) says.

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☆ UPDATE 1-Canada's Supreme Court gives mixed rulings on gun crime penalties
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Anna Mehler Paperny | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Adds details of rulings, reactionTORONTO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Canada’s Supreme Court found one mandatory minimum sentence for a firearm offence unconstitutional and upheld two others in a pair of decisions published on Friday. That charge carried a mandatory minimum sentence of four years. The trial judge declared the five-year mandatory minimum penalty unconstitutional and an appeals court upheld that finding. His counsel used a hypothetical scenario to argue the four-year mandatory minimum sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Canada’s government repealed more than a dozen mandatory minimum sentences last year and some have been struck down by provincial courts but about 53 criminal offences remain subject to mandatory minimum penalties, according to the justice department.

TORONTO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Canada's Supreme Court found one mandatory minimum sentence for a firearm offence unconstitutional and upheld two others in a pair of decisions published on Friday. That charge carried a mandatory minimum sentence of four years. The Hills ruling found this mandatory minimum unconstitutional and also said courts "should consider the effect of a sentence on the particular offender." The trial judge declared the five-year mandatory minimum penalty unconstitutional and an appeals court upheld that finding. His counsel used a hypothetical scenario to argue the four-year mandatory minimum sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment.

Here are 12 of the weirdest and most fascinating animal behaviors scientists spotted in 2022. Here are 12 bizarre and amazing things animals were spotted doing, some of which had never been seen before. It turned out that at least 12 species of primates had been reported doing so, a review published in the Journal of Zoology in October found. A dolphin swallowed 8 venomous sea snakesA sea snake (indicated with pink arrow), moments before it is captured and eaten by a Navy dolphin. Though animals have often been spotted using tools, these usually are used to give the animal a clear survival advantage.

☆ Monkeys in Indonesia use stones as sex toys, study suggests, in new example of creative tool use in animals
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-28 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new study suggests long-tailed macaques in Indonesia engage in tool-assisted masturbation. Researchers observed the monkeys tapping and rubbing stones against their genitals. Tool use is well documented in animals, though typically for survival purposes like eating. While studying a population of 173 long-tailed macaques, researchers observed the macaques tapping and rubbing stones on their genitals and groin area, according to a paper published this month in the journal Ethology. And monkeys have been documented on video using rocks to crack open nuts and shellfish.

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