In NSW Aboriginal people will require permits to undertake traditional fishing activities http://bit.ly/OVGBj
Alice Springs fire management delayed as Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority now wants to charge for its expertise. http://bit.ly/k2OHf
Aboriginal love story ‘Samson and Delilah’ is Australia’s entry in foreign language category at Oscars http://bit.ly/VFDQE
New York Times Review of the ‘Icons of the Desert’ indigenous art exhibition in NYC http://bit.ly/lDKI9
Austlang database linked to google maps. enables you to see where indigenous languages in Australia were spoken http://bit.ly/10fAtQ
Exhibition on at National Gallery of Australia honouring Indigenous elders who began painting late in life http://bit.ly/A9fCu
3000 new indigenous rock art sites discovered. World’s largest collection in Jawoyn lands Database being developed http://bit.ly/7nrYx
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Indigenous culture coming back to life as languages are renewed http://bit.ly/JJk2Q
Washington Post day in photos – includes largest Australian Indigenous art exhibition outside Australia http://bit.ly/rHwjz
tourists using top of Uluru as a toilet. Uluru is sacred and indigenous prefer tourists don’t climb it http://bit.ly/M0TyE
Aboriginal fire management cuts CO2 emissions in Australia. Some cultural stories also in article http://bit.ly/1145GN
Culture Warriors – contemporary art from 30 Australian Indigenous artists opens in Washington http://bit.ly/1hzahn
Interesting article asking if Australia’s Indigneous Art is being exhibited too often. http://bit.ly/4wVQwn
Australia’s first Indigenous opera to premiere in Melbourne in October 2010. Auditions underway. http://bit.ly/1fxlER
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An 18th birthday cake made and eaten in two waves of kids, teenagers and young adults who washed over my little place in a tidal wave of enthusiasm. My home which I thought I had tidied up no longer is. But it was a fun day nonetheless.
It is interesting watching the kids with poor literacy use the internet. My local phone book is used to check the spelling of remote communities throughout Western Australia as they search the web for photos of people and places they know. Younger kids are given instruction in language by the older kids. They pick it up much faster than when I try to show them in English.
It makes a mockery of the Northern Territory plans to stop bilingual education in remote community schools.
And they are learning: words, spelling, reading. And learning with enthusiasm.
Yet I hear of area educators going to remote schools and saying to the community that unless more kids go to school they will have to close it down.
What they should be doing is offering staff who are willing to stay extended contracts, rather than moving them each term or not confirming contract extensions until the last minute. With continual changes the kids never settle with one teacher and soon stop attending. The education honchos rather than trying to blame the community should be looking at the kids in the community and asking what can they do as educators to make school for attractive and relevant for these indigenous kids.
But it is never the Education Department’s fault.
Anyway, here is some Aboriginal “stuff” that was looked at over the weekend.
A drunk man who smelled like beer sat down outside a pharmacy next to a priest. The man's tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half-empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opened his newspaper and began reading. After a few minutes the man turned to the priest and asked, 'Say Father, what causes […]
A great sketch of “USS Montana Warship vs. The Lighthouse” a story that everyone thinks is true. But isn’t. Visit Snopes for more info. Now sit back and enjoy Read my real blog on Remote and Indigenous Health Permalink | Leave a comment » […]
There’s been a bit of research on microfinance. The results vary, and despite the higher interest rates (but then they wouldn’t be able to obtain a normal loan and fees charged increase effective interest rate...) I personally I think it is a good way for people in developing countries to try and improve their lot. I regularly put money into Kiva. Here’s a n […]
A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender, “If I show you a really good trick, will you give me a free drink?” The bartender considers it, then agrees. The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out a tiny rat. He reaches into his other pocket and pulls out a tiny piano. The rat stretches, cracks his knuckles, and proceeds to play the blues. After the man […]
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