The ‘yes’ campaign for the national Voice to Parliament kicked off in Tandanya last week, mere hours after the South Australian Voice passed its first political hurdle. We spoke to attendees at the event about what they hope will come from the two levels of voice.
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On Monday, a group of environmental volunteers, Aboriginal community members and a market gardener unearthed 200 yam daisies at Brownhill Creek Recreational Park, with one Kaurna figurehead describing the project as an opportunity to “save some of nature”.
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Writer and research fellow Jared Thomas describes the South Australian Museum's Aboriginal Cultures Gallery as "terrible". But the Nukunu person is not about shaming the 165-year-old institution: he has insights on how to make it better.
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Government-run entrepreneurial hub The Circle is nestled in the heart of the city’s buzzing innovation neighbourhood, Lot Fourteen. It offers assistance free of charge to Aboriginal-owned businesses wanting to level-up.
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Elder Major ‘Moogy’ Sumner has been involved in numerous high-profile repatriations of Aboriginal remains. He’s about to embark on his most personal and poignant one yet.
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The head of Reconciliation SA – a 20-year-old not-for-profit, local organisation advocating for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights – says picking up these calls can be a “tough gig” but she willingly accepts the challenge to change someone’s mind.
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Patches, signet rings and tattoos brand the members of the political, Aboriginal-only biker group Black Death IPC. A drive for revolutionary change propels them forward.
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At Wangayarta, the Kaurna community has established a new kind of cemetery, laying to rest 130 Old People whose remains have been stored in boxes for decades. The night before the burial, CityMag camped with Kaurna elders to hear about the significance of this moment.
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A government taskforce looking at the city's Aboriginal homelessness population found COVID-19 lockdown shelters that permitted alcohol consumption, and yarning circles led by Indigenous translators, were more successful than traditional responses.
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