The real way to get ahead of the game!
Last week the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre was back in the news. The Centre has to be expanded because “Department figures show the number of youth in detention across the NT has almost doubled over the past year, and…
Antisocial behaviour on Aboriginal communities
“They tell me we were once self-sufficient, great hunters and warriors … I have been told my people walked our country for 40,000 or more years and we were masters of our environment. What has happened to us in such…
Learn Australian to speak to Australian kids!
Wondering why the attendance rates of schools are so bad? Just do something about equipping teachers who come into the classroom of Indigenous kids, with language, and you’ll see immediate results within one or two years. With attendance…
Dry dead leaves – How Aboriginal people fall before their time
Dry dead leaves – How Aboriginal people fall before their time
Q&A: Week 10
Q28. Did Aboriginal people have parliament and other decision-making structures or systems?
Q29. Is it true that sorcery is a central part of Aboriginal culture?
Q30. Did Aboriginal people have parliament and other decision-making structures or systems?
Q&A: Week 7
Q19. Was there any barter or trading between different Aboriginal people?
Q20. Wasn’t Aboriginal society pretty barbaric and controlled by harsh punishments?
Q21. Are any charities or non-profits helpful for Aboriginal people? Or are they generally doing more harm than good?
Why are Balanda (mainstream Australians) so frightened of coronavirus?
This series of 4 videos looks at some of the European history of disease, including the meaning behind the children’s song(line) ‘Ring a Ring a Rosie’. It also explores what happened when Balanda left their villages/estates and moved into big cities. The final program discusses how germs were first discovered.
Q&A: Week 6
Q16. Are Aboriginal people bad at school because they didn’t have their own education system traditionally?
Q17. How do you achieve education and capacity building with individuals and families in Aboriginal communities?
Q18. Why won’t Aboriginal kids go to school? How can they expect to get ahead?
COVID-19 or coronavirus? Are there two diseases?
This series of 4 videos looks at the meaning of coronavirus and COVID-19. Many Yolŋu people are confused because two names are being used in the media: coronavirus and COVID-19.
100+ Q&A: Week 5
Q13. What is the Yolŋu concept of illness and disease?
Q14. Why do many remote Aboriginal people eat such poor food that affects their health? How can this be changed?
Q15. What’s your opinion on how long consultation should taken when government or corporations are working with Aboriginal people?
Where did coronavirus come from?
This series of 3 videos looks at where coronavirus came from and how it was transferred from animals to humans.
Navigating COVID-19 when you don’t understand English
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24:03:2020 Aboriginal communities in North-East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory are urgently looking for information about COVID-19 in a language they can understand. Thousands of Yolngu people in this region speak English as…
