In 1938, when John Moriarty was born in the tiny hamlet of Borroloola, in Australia’s Northern Territory, he was not classified as an Australian citizen. In 1960, when he became the first indigenous ...
Australia’s referendum to enshrine a First Nations voice in the country’s constitution was unsuccessful. But the spotlight remains on the Australian government to ensure First Nations people’s rights ...
Two female Aboriginal lawmakers with very different political views are campaigning against the proposal to create an advisory body on Indigenous issues. By Natasha Frost Reporting from Hobart, ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In 1971, at a remote government settlement in Australia’s Northern Territory called Papunya, a group of elderly Aboriginal men painted designs from ancestral creation stories onto a ...
While Indigenous Australian art is an incredibly broad and diverse term, encompassing a range of First Nations cultures and creators, one intriguing facet is the role art centers in Indigenous ...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Opposing campaigners have made their final pitches over changing the Australia’s constitution to acknowledge a place for Indigenous Australians on the eve of the nation’s ...
Two statues in front of the “sovereignty” sign at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra Parliamentary Zone, Australia Capital Territory, Feb. 22, 2019. On Sunday, both metaphorically and literally, ...