An Aboriginal boxer competing on behalf of Australia who also maintains clear allegiances to his people has gotten into some hot water for his visible display of the latter at the summer Olympic Games in London this week. In what is perhaps an ironically telling comment on the state of that country’s effort at Settler/Aboriginal […]
Lani’s Story 51 min. | 2009 | Australia Directed by Genevieve Grieves Screening at imagineNATIVE Sunday Oct 24 @ 1pm, Al Green Theatre (Bloor at Spadina) MI Rating: ★★★ (out of 5) —————— ◊ —————— An at-times harrowing documentary about one Aboriginal woman’s journey to physical, mental and emotional recovery after a vicious attack at […]
Just came across this great song and video from Australian hip hop trio, The Last Kinection, who I discovered by visiting the blog renoriginal. Released in 2008 as their first single, “Ballooraman” (meaning ‘love’) features lyrics in their traditional Aboriginal dialect. A little background on The Last Kinection, courtesy of their website: Featuring siblings Naomi […]
While I may not totally agree with all of its arguments, and some of it is clearly Australia-specific, this set of replies by the blog Blackfellas to the “Top Ten Colonist Self Justifications” offered by white Australians is hilarious. I have no doubt Aboriginal peoples in Canada and the US can easily adapt these rationalizations […]
Aboriginal people are exploring new territory politically, in this case within the mainstream, and on different sides of the planet. In Australia, Ken Wyatt is “all but assured” of making history as the country’s first-ever Indigenous Lower House Member of Parliament. The recent federal election remains too close to call officially, but Australian media feel […]
