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The discovery of Indigenous children's bodies in Canada is horrific, but Australia has similar tragedies it's yet to reckon with
The recent discovery of the bodies of Indigenous children being found in Canada reminds us of the dark history of Australia’s treatment of young First Peoples and children here in Australia.
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Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero
Henry Reynolds, Nicholas Clements
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Friday essay: how our new archaeological research investigates Dark Emu's idea of Aboriginal 'agriculture' and villages
We have found 140 quarry sites, where rock was excavated to make seed grinding stones, in the Channel Country of Central Australia. It's part of a major project testing Bruce Pascoe's hypothesis.
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"We're all pained" - Canada indigenous leaders dismiss Pope remarks
Indigenous leaders and school survivors on Sunday dismissed Pope Francis' expressions of pain at the discovery of 215 children's remains at a former Catholic residential school in Canada, saying the church needed to do much more.
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The 'smart and cheeky' Aboriginal boy teaching Australia a lesson
A film about an Aboriginal boy's experience of school shines a light on Australia's failure to give all children a fair start.
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An Act of Wonder Dr Billy Griffiths
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'They taste delicious': Forget quinoa, Indigenous native grains could be all the rage
Ancient native grains could kick off a new industry in north-west NSW, after a year-long study by the University of Sydney finds them to be commercially viable.
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Miniature Masterpieces
Ancient artists all over the world created images featuring negative silhouettes by spraying paint against an object or stencil held against a rock face. But miniature stenciled figures, those measuring less than five inches, are exceptionally rare in ancient artwork.
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Beyond the All Blacks — the power and meaning of haka in New Zealand today
Growing up, I thought haka was just for the boys. I thought it was just Ka Mate, the warrior dance used by the All Blacks. But after the Christchurch attacks, I saw it in a new light, and went searching for its meaning in New Zealand today.
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What are message sticks? Senator Lidia Thorpe continues a long and powerful diplomatic tradition
Pre-Invasion, message sticks were sent between distant communities to maintain diplomatic relations. They demanded acknowledgement and mutual respect.
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Newly Documented Aboriginal Rock Art Is 'Unlike Anything Seen Before'
The ancient paintings depict close relationships between humans and animals
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Humans might have lived at this coastal site 120,000 years ago — the trick lies in proving it
Scientists examining an ancient Aboriginal site are split over whether charred rocks and weather-worn shells are 120,000-year-old evidence of Indigenous life.
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Secondary school textbooks teach our kids the myth that Aboriginal Australians were nomadic hunter-gatherers
In his book Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe writes that settler Australians wilfully misunderstood, hid and destroyed evidence of Aboriginal Australians’ farming practices. My analysis of secondary school textbooks shows this behaviour isn’t restricted to the past — it is ongoing.
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Australia's newest heroes are a group of seven young first-time actors from the Pilbara
Thalu is a cheeky, post-apocalyptic adventure conceived, developed and shot in a small Pilbara town, and grounded in Ngarluma culture, language and lore.
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Australia has an ugly legacy of denying water rights to Aboriginal people. Not much has changed
Across the NSW portion of the Murray-Darling Basin, Aboriginal people make up almost 10% of the population. Yet they hold a mere 0.2% of all available surface water.
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The room of the dead: how a museum became a halfway house for bones and spirits
Overwhelming on a human scale, the Indigenous remains held at the South Australian Museum speak to a terrible stain on Adelaide’s past. But justice is coming
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In a first discovery of its kind, researchers have uncovered an ancient Aboriginal archaeological site preserved on the seabed
Submerged in the waters off Western Australia lies an ancient site home to Aboriginal people thousands of years ago, when sea levels were lower than they are today.
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Indigenous chief arrest video shocks Canada
PM Justin Trudeau calls for an investigation after dashcam footage shows an officer beating Allan Adam.
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Police put a mum in custody, hours later her baby died at home
A resident at a unit complex where an Aboriginal baby girl died on Sunday says he heard the child's mother asking police not to separate them when she was arrested.
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First Nations chief shown being punched by Canadian police in video
Canadian police tackled and punched a prominent First Nations chief in the parking lot of a casino as they accused him of resisting arrest.
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