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First Nations Australians have expressed their interpretations of traditional custodianship through academic writing, political advocacy, traditional stories, poetry and music. Numerous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures share an understanding that, contrary to Western views on land ownership , the land "owns us".
Wagait Beach is a locality approximately 8 km west of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, on the opposite side of the harbour. It makes up the Wagait Shire local government area. The population was 422 in 2021. [2] Wagait Beach is not part of Darwin, but many of its residents use the Mandorah ferry to travel to work in Darwin.
Today, Indigenous sovereignty generally relates to "inherent rights deriving from spiritual and historical connections to land". [1] Indigenous studies academic Aileen Moreton-Robinson has written that the first owners of the land were ancestral beings of Aboriginal peoples, and "since spiritual belief is completely integrated into human daily activity, the powers that guide and direct the ...
A barabara (Aleut: ulax̂), the traditional Aleut winter house. A barabara or barabora [1] (Russian); ulax̂, ulaagamax, ulaq, or ulas (plural) (); and ciqlluaq (Alutiiq ~ Sugpiaq) [2] [3] [4] were the traditional, main or communal dwelling used by the Alutiiq people and Aleuts, the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands.
An outstation, homeland or homeland community is a very small, often remote, permanent community of Aboriginal Australian people connected by kinship, on land that often, but not always, has social, cultural or economic significance to them
A heartwarming TikTok trend has users traveling down memory lane — virtually — by exploring old Google Maps photos of places with links to cherished memories and loved ones.
The house was originally built in 1927 and redesigned in 1984 by businessman Mark Slotkin. The property boasts a pool and private tennis court, alongside a two-story guesthouse and two-car garage.
Lines known as ramu, often in a sacred pattern or depicting a traditional story, are carved onto the guwan, at which point it becomes a riji. Ochre is sometimes applied to the incisions, for colour. Riji are associated with water, as well as spiritual or healing powers, and life.