Indigenous culture
‘Your failures are just as important as your successes’
It is every performer’s nightmare: what if you go on stage … and then forget everything. It happened to Frances Rings – in her first performance, her big break. How she stumbled through it has become a life lesson.
- Cassidy Knowlton
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Treaty negotiations complete, a historic agreement is within reach
A new Indigenous body is to have the power to question ministers, call public hearings and advise government.
- Chip Le Grand
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For some, reaching old age marks a historic first. Here’s what their experience teaches us
Life expectancy has increased in Australia, but there are still communities where dealing with old age is a relatively new challenge.
- Millie Muroi
Jess Mauboy honoured at Indigenous Music Awards
The NIMAs ceremony was held at the Darwin Amphitheatre on Saturday night, celebrating Indigenous musicians from around the country.
- Gemma Grant
‘I will never get over being an artist’: Jessica Mauboy joins Indigenous Hall of Fame
The singer rose to fame as a teenager on Australian Idol in 2006. Now 36, she’s embarking on a new era of her already successful career.
- Gemma Grant
Melbourne elder lashes Storm as battle with board intensified ahead of Indigenous round
Wurundjeri elder Aunty Joy Murphy has condemned Melbourne Storm’s association with a board member linked to conservative lobby group Advance Australia.
- Hannah Hammoud and Carla Jaeger
Maroons, Raiders legend Sam Backo dies
A proud Warrgamay Indigenous man, he played seven State of Origin matches for the Maroons, six Kangaroos Tests, 116 matches for the Canberra Raiders and 20 for the Brisbane Broncos.
- Alex Condon
Historic native title ruling for Victorian traditional owners
In a Victorian first, exclusive native title rights have been granted to traditional owners in the Mallee, giving them exclusive possession of sections of land.
- Angus Delaney
Two men arrested, one charged over graffiti at sacred Indigenous site
A rock face beneath a waterfall in Victoria’s King Valley, which is also a sacred Indigenous site, was spray-painted in May.
- Alexander Darling
Murujuga traditional owner accuses UNESCO of silencing, intimidating group in Paris
Raelene Cooper wrote to the World Heritage Centre on Sunday to complain about the treatment of her group.
- Hamish Hastie