Despite their name, Tasmanian devils could be found across mainland Australia thousands of years ago.
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Since the first pilot program in 1998, Australia’s Indigenous Protected Areas have grown hugely. How can we strengthen them for the future?
Decisions made now could shape Indigenous relations with the government around AI for years to come.
Murujuga has been cared for by Ngarda-Ngarli for more than 50,000 years. We’re studying how the extraordinary rock art it contains can be protected in the future.
Elders say there are many drivers of community violence and unrest that go unaddressed by typical law and order responses. Here’s what they’re doing instead.
Destacamos formas de celebrar la sabiduría, la alegría, la belleza y la resistencia de los indígenas wounaan mientras hablamos de la historia.
We highlight ways to celebrate Wounaan wisdom, joy, beauty and resistance while discussing centuries of taking from Indigenous communities.
A new study shows the cave was only used for very special purposes.
Natural selection may not be the only force that has contributed to the evolution of channel millet’s unusual genetics.
Since 2019, a number of workshops have been held in the Darwin Correctional Precinct, as part of an ongoing prison education project.
Victoria Park is one of the most significant Indigenous sites in Brisbane, which is why so many are against the development of the Olympic stadium.
Remote Indigenous communities are bearing the brunt of the latest diphtheria outbreak. Inadequate housing may be one reason why.
Aboriginal communities have observed the night sky for millennia. But they face a growing threat – light pollution.
The kungaka represents an ancient lineage from when Australia was wetter. Today, it survives in a sheltered desert gorge.
Stromatolites might look like rocks. But they are living relics of ancient systems that thrived on Earth billions of years ago.
The rock art reveals the Thylacine’s deep significance to Aboriginal peoples.
In oral cultures, knowledge must be collectively maintained. AI can help people engage in dialogue with their heritage.
After a series of extreme weather events over the past month, NZ has been reminded that disasters aren’t just acts of nature.
Rather than a period of reflection and listening post-Voice, we have seen a rapid return to the obstructive habits that produced failure in the first place.
Rock art images show Songlines reached from Murujuga beside the Indian Ocean to the eastern Simpson Desert, 2,300 kilometers away.
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Indigenous community-based researcher, Indigenous Knowledge
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Director, Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation Board, Indigenous Knowledge
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Member of Wounaan Podpa Nʌm Pömaam (Wounaan National Congress), Indigenous Knowledge
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Member of Wounaan Podpa Nʌm Pömaam (Wounaan National Congress), Indigenous Knowledge
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First Nations author and local traditional owner, Indigenous Knowledge
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Puutu Kunti Kurrama Traditional Owner, Indigenous Knowledge
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Indigenous community-based researcher, Indigenous Knowledge
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Indigenous community-based researcher, Indigenous Knowledge
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Traditional Custodian — Kurnai, Indigenous Knowledge
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Director, Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation, Indigenous Knowledge
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Ngarluma Traditional Owner, Director of the Ngarluma Yindjibarndi Foundation Limited, Indigenous Knowledge
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Admin & Research Support at Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation, Indigenous Knowledge
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Director, Five Cubed Environmental, Indigenous Knowledge
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Indigenous community-based researcher, Indigenous Knowledge
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Indigenous Knowlegde, Indigenous Knowledge