Indigenous
Coming together for Sorry Day
by Sarah Sharples The Stolen Generation isn’t
distant history in an ageing text book. It is a contemporary reality
for the thousands of families who have been torn apart and for
a culture that has suffered untold destruction as a result.
An indigenous
view of refugees by Wadjularbinna A Gungalidda grassroots
perspective on refugees and the recent events in the US.
Lowitja O'Donohue former
Chair of ATSIC, has been propelled into the media limelight following
an article in the Herald Sun which claimed that she disputed that
there was a stolen generation. In her address at "The Stolen Generations
Conference", O'Donohue set out the facts about her own experiences
and the various contextual meanings of the word 'stolen.' |