New reports show a widespread lack of care for the cultural needs of many of the 19,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection and out-of-home care.
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Indigenous people make up small percentages of the population in many countries – but using social media, Indigenous voices can be heard worldwide. Here are a dozen deadly Australians worth following.
Words from 100 Indigenous languages are in the new edition of the Australian National Dictionary – reflecting a heightened interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.
Too often, TV shows and films present Aboriginal characters as oppressed people. But two new TV series, Cleverman and Songlines on Screen, are a welcome contrast.
The French capital will light up to the sights and sounds of Cleverman, Samson and Delilah, and The Sapphires.
Magnolia Maymuru, the Northern Territory’s representative at the Miss World national finals, is a trailblazer. But will she escape the racialised exoticism that has long plagued Indigenous women?
Uluru’s traditional owners have asked for decades that tourists not climb their sacred site. Parks Australia has committed to closing the climb – but only when some ambitious goals have been met.
Boneta-Marie Mabo’s art responds to a colonial past in which Aboriginal women were fetishised as “black velvet”. But it also celebrates strong women, including her activist grandmother Bonita Mabo.
For the Barkindji people, the Darling River has been a symbol of Aboriginal survival since colonial times. Now, the once busy NSW town of Wilcannia is in danger of losing its water.
Christian, criminal or cowardly? People once thought your hair could hold the answer.
Debates around blackface and Indigenous health share similar characteristics that reveal aspects of Australian society when it comes to race.
Aboriginal heritage has had significant protections removed in Western Australia. Following principles of respect and consultation would be a huge step forward for Aboriginal cultural management.
Adam Goodes’ actions – from his celebratory dance to his decision to temporarily withdraw from the AFL – epitomise the concept of male Indigenous dignity.
While AFL player Adam Goodes polarised Australians by performing an Indigenous war dance, New Zealanders unite in celebration of the Haka. The difference in approach to Indigenous culture is telling.
In the face of war, disease and outside cultural pressures, the Chitimacha language has survived – and now thrives.
Human cooperation is the cornerstone of any society. We looked at teamwork in an indigenous minority group in Scandinavia, whose lifestyle is under threat.
In Indigenous communities beset by tragedy and social problems, the connection to each other and to the land remains a powerful source of shared contentment and happiness.
How to communicate across centuries of misunderstanding and dispossession.
Playwright Nakkiah Lui plays herself in Kill the Messenger, now on at Sydney’s Belvoir Theatre. Hers is a strong, passionate and resilient Indigenous voice – and she has a message to deliver.
We know there will soon be a referendum on recognising Australia’s original inhabitants in the constitution – so what’s at stake? The answer is crucial for the policy approach we now call Aboriginal Reconciliation…
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
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Professor of Education, Charles Darwin University
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Emeritus professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, ANU, Australian National University
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Associate Dean Indigenous and Professor of Publishing and Communications, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Inaugural Director, Indigenous Knowledge Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Linguistics, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Lecturer, Archaeology, Flinders University
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Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Research Associate in Archaeology, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Screen and Design, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer Indigenous Knowledges, Deakin University
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Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Senior Curator of Australian and First Nations Art, National Gallery of Victoria, The University of Melbourne