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National Indigenous Times
Did Australia fail Dr Yunupingu?
National Indigenous Times
He was merely 46 years old and died fulfilling, not the Australian Dream, but the Indigenous Nightmare of statistical premature death, diseased bodies and the continuing genocide of our First Nations through neglect and disadvantage, and myriad ...

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National Indigenous Times
Did Australia fail Dr Yunupingu?
National Indigenous Times
He was merely 46 years old and died fulfilling, not the Australian Dream, but the Indigenous Nightmare of statistical premature death, diseased bodies and the continuing genocide of our First Nations through neglect and disadvantage, and myriad ...

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Did Australia fail Dr Yunupingu?
National Indigenous Times
In an opinion piece for the ABC, Professor Jakelin Troy, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research at the University of Sydney, wrote: “Growing up as an Aboriginal child in remote Australia, Dr G Yunupingu was less likely to receive ...

Here's what you won't learn in school, kids
National Indigenous Times
You have the Aboriginal history and then you have Australian history, as if they are two separate things, and they are not. They are the same history. “It's all great and well to go 'Let's blow our trumpet for Australia' and say how wonderful we are ...

Here's what you won't learn in school, kids
National Indigenous Times
We treated our Indigenous people incredibly bad'. As bad as the Nazis treated the Jews. “Australia is very quick to point at other countries and say 'Look at what you are doing to your people', but they rarely look themselves in the eye and say 'Look ...

Hepatitis numbers higher for Indigenous: study
National Indigenous Times
Indigenous peoples in countries including Australia are much more likely to be infected by hepatitis B and C than the general population, an international study has found. Researchers from the Polaris Observatory in Colorado presented their findings to ...

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Medical Xpress
Hepatitis numbers higher for Indigenous: study
National Indigenous Times
Indigenous peoples in countries including Australia are much more likely to be infected by hepatitis B and C than the general population, an international study has found. Researchers from the Polaris Observatory in Colorado presented their findings to ...
New research shows indigenous peoples are much more likely to be infected by hepatitis B and/or CEurekAlert (press release)

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Stars align for top-shelf NIMAs
National Indigenous Times
In announcing the nominees, organisers of the event acknowledged the passing last month of 2016 NIMA Artist of the Year, Dr G Yunupingu, and paid tribute to his contribution to Australian Indigenous music. A.B. Original, whose nominations come off the ...

BuzzFeed News
Social media elevates 10th Indigenous Day
National Indigenous Times
Meanwhile the Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat has urged Australians to remember and respect Aboriginal children's rights to their culture. “Many Australians still don't know that Indigenous peoples' rights to practise and ...
First Nations People Celebrate Cultural Survival On International Day Of World's Indigenous PeoplesBuzzFeed News
Fight for indigenous rights in Bangladesh continuesThe Daily Star

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BuzzFeed News
Social media elevates 10th Indigenous Day
National Indigenous Times
Meanwhile the Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat has urged Australians to remember and respect Aboriginal children's rights to their culture. “Many Australians still don't know that Indigenous peoples' rights to practise and ...
First Nations People Celebrate Cultural Survival On International Day Of World's Indigenous PeoplesBuzzFeed News

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National Indigenous Times
Garma's drumbeat a call for change
National Indigenous Times
Constitutional change for Indigenous peoples dominated talks at the Garma Festival in the Northern Territory — the annual celebration of Indigenous culture and Australia's premier forum for discussing Indigenous affairs. About 2500 people, including ...
Andrew Bolt: Aboriginal kids need us to break the cycle | Herald SunHerald Sun
Australia's fake art and tourist tack: Indigenous artists fight back | Art ...The Guardian
Indigenous rights recognised on UN dayThe Australian

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The Guardian
Garma's drumbeat was a call for change - National Indigenous Times
National Indigenous Times
Constitutional change for Indigenous peoples dominated talks at the Garma Festival in the Northern Territory — the annual celebration of Indigenous culture and ...
Australia's fake art and tourist tack: Indigenous artists fight back | Art ...The Guardian

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The Guardian
Garma's drumbeat was a call for change
National Indigenous Times
Constitutional change for Indigenous peoples dominated talks at the Garma Festival in the Northern Territory — the annual celebration of Indigenous culture and Australia's premier forum for discussing Indigenous affairs. About 2500 people, including ...
Australia's fake art and tourist tack: Indigenous artists fight backThe Guardian

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National Indigenous Times
Indigenous kids in the race to keep up
National Indigenous Times
She said the educational achievements of children in remote Australia were well below national averages. “I have often said that our peoples endure conditions that would be intolerable to non-Aboriginal Australians,” Ms Oscar said. “And I believe that ...
Indigenous artists battle mass-produced fakes, call for protection for ...ABC Online

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ABC Online
Indigenous kids in the race to keep up
National Indigenous Times
In an address to the Garma Festival education forum last week, Ms Oscar said about 80 percent of Indigenous children in Australia did not go to school once they reached the age of 12. She said the educational achievements of children in remote ...
Indigenous artists battle mass-produced fakes, call for protection for ...ABC Online
Indigenous-Driven Organisations Deliver Better Health Outcomes ...Pro Bono Australia
2017 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art AwardsABC Local
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
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The Canberra Times
Indigenous kids in the race to keep up
National Indigenous Times
She said the educational achievements of children in remote Australia were well below national averages. “I have often said that our peoples endure conditions that would be intolerable to non-Aboriginal Australians,” Ms Oscar said. “And I believe that ...
Canberra vigil to protest abuse of Indigenous children in justice systemThe Canberra Times
Indigenous artists battle mass-produced fakes, call for protection for ...ABC Online
Indigenous-Driven Organisations Deliver Better Health Outcomes ...Pro Bono Australia
ABC Local -My Sunshine Coast (press release)
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The Guardian
Australia's fake art and tourist tack: Indigenous artists fight back | Art ...
The Guardian
Banduk Marika, a Yolngu artist and board member of the Indigenous Art Code, who lobbies for action against fake Indigenous art in Australian shops.

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The Guardian
Australia's fake art and tourist tack: Indigenous artists fight back
The Guardian
Marika, a board member of the Indigenous Art Code, and former board member of the Australia Council, is part of a team of artists, curators, and arts and legal organisations lobbying the federal government to take action on the scourge of fake art and ...
Regional leaders unite to push reform agendaNational Indigenous Times

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Spatial Source
The 'Atlas of Living Australia' comes to life
Spatial Source
By adding the local knowledge of Aboriginal custodians to ALA, users of the data will have access to unique insights for how we understand and manage the Australian environment. The challenge is recording and sharing this information to support good ...

Indigenous rights recognised on UN day
NEWS.com.au
"Today we celebrate the important contribution of indigenous peoples the world over and in particular, our First Australians, who bring the most unique story to our nation's history as the oldest continuing culture on the planet," he said in a Facebook ...

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