Another passion of mine is the history of #Çatalhöyük site - and whether or not it had a #MatriachalSociety!

Ancient city possibly ruled by females living in a "matriarchal society" more than 9,000 years ago, researchers say

By Cara Tabachnick
June 28, 2025

Excerpt: "We need to move away from our Western bias that assumes all societies are #patrilineal. Many cultures, including some #IndigenousAustralian groups, pass identity, land rights, and responsibilities through the mother's line — a #matrilineal system,' study co-author Dr. Eline Schotsmans, a research fellow at Australia's University of Wollongong's School of Science, said in a statement.

"These findings come several months after researchers studying social networks in #CelticSociety in Britain before the #RomanInvasion gathered genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery and found that women were closely related, while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage.

"Using an examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in #Dorset in southwest England, their study, published in the journal Nature, shows that two-thirds of the individuals were descended from a single maternal lineage. This suggests that women had some control of land and property, as well as strong social support, researchers said.

"Researchers said upon the release of their findings, 'It is possible that maternal ancestry was the primary shaper of group identities.' "

Read more:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-city-ruled-by-females-catalhoyuk/

Original paper:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr2915

#History #Histodon #Matrilineal #Matriarchy #AncientHistory #AncientTurkey #Neolithic #Anatolia #MotherGoddess

Someone insulted #LidiaThorpe because of her "No On One" stance. Do you know why she was against Question One? This is why!

"Thorpe, a Gunnai Gunditjmara Djab Wurrung woman, has advocated for a No vote in the upcoming referendum, arguing a constitutionally-enshrined Voice would be 'useless' in addressing the challenges faced by Indigenous people.

"Those challenges included mass incarceration, the separation of Indigenous children from their parents, the destruction of cultural sites, and a colonial system which oppressed and exploited them 'just so a handful of people can profit', she said.

"'We know how to care for Country, but we are not allowed to do so. Your laws, your metal bars, concrete and police stand in the way, keeping us from our mother [nature],' she said."

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/lidia-thorpes-national-press-club-speech-here-are-the-main-takeaways/z246ayrh9

#DefendTheSacred #Decolonize #IndigenousAustralian #MotherNature #LandBack #AbolishTheMonarchy #YouAreNotMyKing

#IndigenousAustralian lawmaker confronts British royals: ‘#YouAreNotMyKing'

Story by Hilary Whiteman
October 21, 2024

“Britain’s #KingCharlesIII had just finished giving a speech to #Australia’s Parliament House on Monday when an #Indigenous senator began yelling, 'You are not my king.'

“From the back of the room, Independent Senator #LidiaThorpe shouted at the royal couple, 'Give us our #LandBack, give us what you stole,' as security officers moved to escort her away.

“The interjection came as King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the Australian capital Canberra to meet the nation’s leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

During his speech, King Charles acknowledged Australia’s #FirstNations people, who lived on the land ‘for tens of thousands of years before the arrival of British settlers over 230 years ago.

“‘Throughout my life, Australia’s First Nations people have done me the great honor of sharing so generously their stories and cultures,' King Charles said.

'I “can only say how much my own experience has been shaped and strengthened by such traditional wisdom.'

“Earlier, a traditional Aboriginal welcoming ceremony was held outside Parliament House for the royal couple, but for many of the country’s Indigenous population, they are not welcome.

“The arrival of British settlers to Australia led to the #massacre of #IndigenousPeople at hundreds of locations around the country until as recently as the 1930s. Their [descendants] still suffer from #racism and #SystemicDiscrimination in a country that has failed to reverse centuries of disadvantage.

“Thorpe, a #DjabWurrung #Gunnai #Gunditjmara woman, has long campaigned for a treaty and has previously voiced her fierce objections to the British monarchy.

“Australian’s Indigenous people never ceded #sovereignty and have never engaged in a treaty process with the British Crown. Australia remains a Commonwealth country with the King as its Head of State.

“During her swearing-in ceremony in 2022, Thorpe referred to Australia’s then-Head of State as 'the #colonizing Her Majesty #QueenElizabethII,' and was asked to take the oath again.

“She did so while raising one fist in the air.

“On Monday, protesters stood with an Aboriginal flag as the royal couple visited the Australian War Memorial. A 62-year-old man was arrested for failing to comply with a police direction.

“Before she yelled at the King, Thorpe turned her back during a recital of 'God Save the King,' Australian media reported. Images showed her wearing a possum-fur coat, standing in the opposite direction of other attendees.

“#TheGreens party said in a statement that the King’s presence was 'a momentous occasion for some' but also a 'visual reminder of the ongoing #ColonialTrauma and legacies of #BritishColonialism' for many First Nations people.

“In the statement, #Greens Senator Dorinda Cox, a #YamatjiNoongar woman, called for the King to be clear in his recognition and support of ‘First Nations #justice, #TruthTelling and #healing.'

“‘He now needs to be on the right side of history,' she added.

“The Australian Monarchist League demanded Thorpe’s resignation after what it called a 'childish demonstration.’”

Read more:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/21/australia/lidia-thorpe-confrontation-king-charles-australia-intl-hnk

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Sv2D6

#TruthAndReconciliation #StolenLand #Genocide #CuturalGenocide #Racism #GreenParty #GreenPartyAustralia #AbolishTheMonarchy #NoKings

[Film] #Walkatjurra : Our actions will never stop

Chile, 2023, Director: Francisca Silva Bravo, Co-Director and Writer: Carole Risler, Producer: Alessandra Cristina, documentary, 1 hour 11 minutes, English, French, Spanish

"It is the 70th anniversary of the first nuclear test in #IndigenousAustralian territory and the #aboriginal communities call on activists from all over the world to carry out a 200 km #AntiNuclear walk through the desert. Among them, the directors of this documentary join to record this walk, which seeks to end the extraction of #uranium, the mineral with which atomic bombs are produced. What attitude will we take as humanity in the face of the possibility of creation and destruction?

"Francisca Silva Bravo is an independent documentary maker from Chile. "Walkatjurra: Our actions will never stop", is a 2023 documentary co-directed by the French filmmaker Carole Risler. This was shot in some Australian aboriginal territories, where uranium is mined. Walkatjurra is an invitation from the directors to meditate on a more non-violent culture to protect life and its evolution."

https://vimeo.com/688995289

#Australia #Downwinders
#UraniumFilmFestival #WaterIsLife #NoNukes
#NoWar #NoUraniumMining #EnvironmentalRacism #UraniumPollution #RioTinto #LandBack #IndigenousLands #IndigenousActivism #InternationalUraniumFilmFestival

The naming of the pink cockatoo

“It was difficult to come at such enemies hovering in our rear with the lynx-eyed vigilance of savages … Attacked simultaneously by both parties, the whole betook themselves to the river, my men pursuing them and shooting as many as they could. Numbers were shot swimming across the Murray, and some ever after they had reached the opposite shore.” Sir Thomas Mitchell,1836, at Mount Dispersion

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/sep/16/pink-cockatoo-australian-bird-of-the-year-guardian-birdlife
#colonialism #vernacular #naming #birds #IndigenousAustralian