Content tagged with Indigenous peoples
The difference identity makes: Indigenous Cultural Capital in Australian Cultural Fields
Through the struggles of Indigenous Australians for recognition and self-determination it has become common sense to understand Australia as made up...
Publication or resource - 23 May 2019
AIATSIS and the Smithsonian’s NMAI look to future collaboration
(L-R) AIATSIS CEO Craig Ritchie and NMAI Director Kevin Gover at the signing in Washington DC. Photo: AIATSIS The Australian Institute of...
News - 20 Oct 2017
AIATSIS CEO leads national delegation
AIATSIS CEO Craig Ritchie. The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) CEO, Craig Ritchie, will lead...
News - 10 Jul 2017
Something about emus: Bininj stories from Western Arnhem Land
The emu is an iconic Australian bird of significance to all Australians, but especially so to Indigenous Australians who have had a special...
Publication or resource - 6 Apr 2017
Something about emus: Bininj stories from Western Arnhem Land
The emu is an iconic Australian bird of significance to all Australians, but especially so to Indigenous Australians who have had a special...
Publication or resource - 5 Apr 2017
Call for submissions to AIATSIS Research Publications
AIATSIS Research Publications is now accepting submissions from researchers and academics in Australia and internationally whose work has a...
News - 15 Mar 2017
The Famous Erambie Allblacks
With local competitions and the NRL winding up, Koori communities all over New South Wales are finalising plans for their Knockout teams. The all...
Blog post - 27 Sep 2016
Facelift for collections catalogue
The new look Mura® landing page. The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is pleased to announce...
News - 20 Jul 2015
Getting PBCs off the Ground
The Getting PBCs off the Ground project offers support to native title corporations - Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs) in two main ways:...
Research project - 27 Feb 2015
Evidence-based policy making in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
Evidence-based policy making in health is of great importance when addressing issues of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequalities....
Publication or resource - 15 Feb 2015
Contact
In 1964, authorities enter the Great Sandy Desert to clear the potential crash zone for a rocket test. In the process, they recorded their first...
Publication or resource - 11 Feb 2015
Back trackers: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people making history
This video provides information about the importance of recording and documenting local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history. It...
Publication or resource - 11 Feb 2015
Recognising Indigenous peoples in the Australian Constitution: What the Constitution should say and how the referendum can be won
The federal government has committed to holding a referendum at or before the next federal election on recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
Publication or resource - 5 Feb 2015
Genocide in Australia
Hephzibah Menuhin was a better musician than a sociologist. But a line in one of her books remains with me: that the test of a nation's civility and...
Publication or resource - 4 Feb 2015
The community game: Aboriginal self-definition at the local level
The concept of community invokes notions of an idealised unity of purpose and action among social groups who are perceived to share a common culture...
Publication or resource - 4 Feb 2015
Back to Redfern: Autonomy and the 'Middle E' in relation to Aboriginal Health
ABC’s flagship current affairs program PM for 21 June 2006, juxtaposed three Indigenous items. The first recorded the launch in Canberra of Australia...
Publication or resource - 4 Feb 2015
Reconciling Indigenous Peoples' Sovereignty and State Sovereignty
The concept of ‘shared sovereignty’ is examined as a contribution to the debate on reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada and Australia....
Publication or resource - 4 Feb 2015
Aboriginal Darwin: A guide to exploring important sites of the past and present
Summary To most visitors and locals, Darwin is a vibrant, tropical city in the Top End. Although not always obvious to visitors, Darwin is also a...
Publication or resource - 3 Dec 2014
Capacity building and approaches to disputes
This project builds on the work of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), especially its Indigenous...
Research project - 2 Dec 2014