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Child Artists of Carrolup
I recently described the project that my filmmaker friend Michael Liu and I have set up focused on the Aboriginal artist Revel Cooper. Here is a summary of a small, but highly influential, part of...
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Noelene White is daughter of Noel White, the teacher who inspired Aboriginal children of the Carrolup Native Settlement in South West Australia to create beautiful artworks in the late 1940s. These...
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'A Call for Support' from Miliwanga Wurrben
I received this sad post from my adopted sister Miliwanga Wurrben on my Facebook feed this morning. Please try to help the Aboriginal families of Katherine, Northern Territory, in any way you can,...
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'Missions reclaimed as cultural healing centres for Stolen Generations in WA'...
On Friday, I attended a very important and moving meeting related to the setting up of cultural healing centres in the past missions in Western Australia. I am really impressed by Jim Morrison and his...
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'We must listen to the Dakota Access pipeline protesters, not punish them' by...
In her excellent book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, Naomi Klein says that Indigenous peoples of the world are on the front line in trying to protect our planet from being...
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'Let's honour the invisible work of Aboriginal women tackling domestic...
Here's an excellent article from one of my favourite Aboriginal writers which has just appeared in the Guardian. 'Women in Indigenous communities in Australia refuse too accept the shocking levels of...
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Noongar Smoking Ceremony at Fremantle Round House
Last Saturday morning, I was privileged to attend a Noongar Smoking Ceremony at Fremantle Round House. It was a very moving occasion.The Smoking Ceremony was to commence the healing of the spirits of...
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'How Communities Create Change' by Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Here are some powerful words from one of my favourite people, Lewis Mehl-Madrona from his excellent book Healing the Mind Through the Power of Story: The Promise of Narrative Psychiatry (my...
View ArticleIntroducing Lance Chadd, Tjyllyungoo
Here's a beautiful short film about a very talented Noongar artist. I first came across Lance's work when I was looking for a piece of art to give my daughter Annalie and her fiancee Max as an...
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'Royal Commission Revelations Make Tough Reading for Stolen Generations' by...
I had an interesting meeting with Jim Morrison, Alan Carter and Keith Bodman of the Bringing Them Home Committee WA yesterday. The meeting took places in the offices of the former Chief Protector Mr A...
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With a new film, Ivan Sen wants to draw attention to Indigenous youth suicide
Here is an interesting recent article from the Sydney Morning Herald. I am sure that Ivan's new film will be essential viewing and make some important statements. Please check it out when it is...
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Revel: A Story of Art, Social Justice and Resilience
As some of you will know, I've been busy over the past year working on a new project focused on the Aboriginal artist Revel Cooper. My close colleague Mike Liu and I have been deeply involved in...
View ArticleCanada's Dark Secret
Found this important film on the Top Documentary Films website. Well worth a watch. I've shortened the paragraphs from the original text. [NB. There is an advert before the film] "It's an ominous...
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'The Incredible Legacy of Susan La Flesche, the First Native American to Earn...
Found this fascinating article on the Smithsonian website. The picture shows Susan, far left, with her husband (seated with puppy) at their Bancroft, Nebraska, home. (Courtesy of the Hampton...
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'Morning Meditation. Be Like Geese' by Judy Atkinson
Saw a beautiful posting from Judy Atkinson on Facebook today. Couldn't resist asking Judy if I could make it my blog today. Its all about geese... and us. [Please note that I have shortened Judy's...
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'The Healing Power of Story' by Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Lewis Mehl-Madrona is a man I greatly admire and his book Healing the Mind Through the Power of Story is well worth a read.‘The narrative movement in psychiatry is concerned with understanding the...
View Article‘Experiencing Recovery, Part 1: Early History of Recovery in the US' by...
Addiction recovery historian and advocate Bill White shows just how far back recovery goes historically in the US - to Native Americans in the 1730s! This is the first of ten clips of Bill's talk on...
View ArticleForced Removal of Native American Children From Parents Exposed in 13 Minutes
First Light from Upstander Project on Vimeo.Here is a blog I first posted in October 2015. The link to the first quote I have used seems to have disappeared.'A 13 minute documentary about the Truth and...
View ArticleIndigenous Knowledge Has Value: Curtis Bristowe
A wonderful TEDxRuakura talk from Curtis Bristowe that is well worth watching. The information provided is as follows:'Curtis Bristowe talks on the power of Kawa, Tikanga, and Kaupapa to provide...
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'Life-saving optimism: what the west can learn from Africa' by Chigozie Obioma
Here is an intriguing article from the Guardian online. The photograph is from Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Images.'Nigeria, like most African nations, has been taught and dictated to since its...
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