Maggie Nakamarra Corby, Rumiya Ngampu, 2023

Rumiya (goanna) with ngampu (eggs).

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Yitaki Mani — Reading the Country

Reading the tracks, Christine knows which direction an animal is going, how long ago it passed by, and whether it was male or female. She knows which birds will sing out when it nears, its favourite food, and how to safely burn its habitat.

#Pintupi rangers and elders trekked five hours to the #NewhavenWildlifeSanctuary, 363 kilometres north-west of #Mparntwe #AliceSprings, to learn from the #Warlpiri master trackers.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-30/warlpiri-indigenous-trackers-yitaki-mani-program/102889360

#firstnations

Warlpiri 'master trackers' develop new teaching methods to keep ancient knowledge alive

In the Central Desert, Aboriginal master trackers fear their ancient knowledge of the landscape could be lost forever as fewer young people spend time on country, but a new program hopes to keep the traditional skill alive.

ABC News
Untitled – 1999

Artist: Kumuntjai Napurrula (circa 1945 – 06 Apr 2019)
Group: Pintupi, Western Desert region

© Kumuntjai Napurrula, all rights reserved.

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/213.2000/

|| 2019-02-22 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ||

#art #aboriginal #aboriginalart #aboriginallivesmatter #pintupicountry #pintupi #newsouthwales #nsw #australia
Untitled, 1999 by Kumuntjai Napurrula

Mitjili Napurrula was born in Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) after her mother Tjunkayi Napaltjarri, came in from the desert with her mother, a Pintupi/Luritja woman from Yumari. Dispossession and drought were only two of the factors that led to a series ...

Untitled (Two goanna ancestors) – 1999

Artist: Patrick Olodoodi Tjungurrayi (circa 1935 – Dec 2017)
Group: Pintupi, Western Desert region

© Patrick Olodoodi Tjungurrayi, all rights reserved.

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/77.2000/

|| 2019-02-22 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ||

#art #aboriginal #aboriginalart #aboriginallivesmatter #pintupicountry #pintupi #newsouthwales #nsw #australia
Untitled (Two goanna ancestors), 1999 by Patrick Olodoodi Tjungurrayi

Patrick Tjungarrayi's 'Untitled (Two Goanna Ancestors)' 1999 depicts designs associated with the travels of two Goanna ancestors of the Tjapaltjarri and Tjampitjinpa kinship subsections. These two men travelled from the rockhole and soakage water site of Kalliangku, west of Jupiter ...

#BedsAreBurning trata sobre la lamentable situación por la que pasaron los nativos #Pintupi originarios del desierto australiano que sufrieron varios reasentamientos a lo largo de la primera mitad del Siglo XX, lo que les llevó a perder, no sólo masa demográfica, sino también símbolos culturales y de identidad.

Anécdota: #MidnightOil interpretó la canción frente a una audiencia mundial en la ceremonia de cierre de los JJOO de Sídney del 2000. Para ese año, el Primer Ministro John Howard había desencadenado una controversia por rehusarse a acoger la reconciliación simbólica y pedir disculpas a los indígenas australianos y miembros de las generaciones robadas. La banda la interpretó vestida de negro, con la palabra "Sorry" pintada notoriamente en toda su ropa, como una disculpa popular a las personas indígenas, y para remarcarle el asunto a Howard, quien estaba en la audiencia como un importante invitado olímpico.

SC: Juanma Núñez - La voz de Puertollano

Aquí esta la presentación de Midnight Oil en los JJOO de Sídney:

https://youtu.be/TlOTGzPZvfw?start=6684&end=6965

Sydney 2000 - Closing Ceremony | Sydney 2000 Replays

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