We read this historic statement today with hope and optimism for the future. “ULURU STATEMENT FROM THE HEART We, gathered at the 2017 National Constitutional Convention, coming from all points of the southern sky, make this statement from the heart: Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tribes were the first sovereign Nations of the Australian … More ULURU STATEMENT FROM THE HEART
Barbara Glowczewski‘s article “From academic heritage to Aboriginal priorities” is subtitled: “Throughout My 34 Years Of Involvement With Aboriginal People Across Australia, I Have Regularly Chosen To Respond To Aboriginal Priorities Against A Certain Academic Heritage, Illustrated By The Refusal Of Some Colleagues – In France Or Australia – To Recognise The Importance Of Women’s … More Barbara Glowczewski
Gayili Marika Yunupingu has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the National Indigenous Human Rights Awards, for her work in suicide prevention. The award was presented to her by Bonita Mabo, wife of the late land rights advocate Eddie Mabo. “I take my hat off to everyone who’s fighting to maintain their connection … More Gayili Marika Yunupingu
One hundred years after the ANZAC landings, Norman Daymirringu (Yolngu elder) performed a smoking ceremony and a calling ceremony in the Yolngu Matha language at Gallipoli, calling the spirits of Indigenous warriors from the battlegrounds back home to Australia. “I will be conducting the calling out and smoking ceremony. Calling to the spirits to tell … More Calling the spirits home from war
Some of you will have seen recent speculation in the press over mental health apps. The concerns, which we share, are centred around privacy issues, lack of expertise, hidden costs and false promises. Mental health apps, both those that offer to cure mental illness and those that teach mindfulness, are not always what they appear … More Concern over Mental Health Apps
My name is Paddy Japaljarri Stewart. We painted the Kuruwarri (Jukurrpa designs) on the Yuendumu school Doors. It took a long time. We paint at the Warlukurlangu art centre now. We’ve been putting our Kuruwarri on canvas for a long time. We can’t leave our Jukurrpa behind, we have to keep it alive. Warlpiri elders … More Yuendumu Doors
Warlpiri Kurdiji elders in Lajamanu are writing background letters for local people who have found their way onto the criminal court list – and fighting the disproportionate incarceration of Indigenous people. “A 2014 paper published in the Australian Indigenous Law Review showed that since Lajamanu’s Kurdiji Group took a leading role on justice matters in … More Kurdiji elders reducing Indigenous incarceration
Warlpiri crayon drawings created at Lajamanu (Hooker Creek) in 1953 and 1954 were included, earlier this year, on the Unesco Australian Memory of the World. “They mark a moment in the 1950s when Warlpiri were forcibly relocated to the new government settlement of Hooker Creek, on the lands of the Gurindji. They give us a … More UNESCO Australian Memory of the World
Let’s talk about the United Nations ‘Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’. When the Declaration was adopted in 2007 only four countries voted against it: Canada, New Zealand, the US and Australia. Two years later the Australian Government formally endorsed the declaration. After endorsing the declaration, Australia made almost no changes to policies effecting … More Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
For 70 years Warlpiri elders searched for Kurlpurlunu, the sacred rainmaking site that had been lost when the Warlpiri were forced from their land and relocated to Lajamanu (then Hooker Creek). Jerry Jangala, one of the instigators of the Kurdiji 1.0 project, was central to rediscovering the site in 2014. Kurlpurlunu is one of the … More Kurlpurlunu
Kurdiji 1.0 