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Thursday, 28 July 2011 08:28
Tracking Government Promises For The Aboriginal People
Wouldn’t it be great if there was an organisation that kept track of Government promises?
When it comes to the APY lands in the State’s North, there is.
It’s called Paper Tracker.
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South Australia News
Thursday, 14 July 2011 08:51
Pitjantjatjara Want The Whole Bible
The Pitjantjatjara people, whose traditional lands are close to the centre of Australia and include Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (the Olgas), are so eager to have God's Word completed in their own language that they are willing to translate the Old Testament in their own time and using…
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South Australia News
Monday, 11 April 2011 08:48
Hundreds of schools still waiting for additional resources
A YEAR after education ministers approved a national action plan for indigenous students, it has not been enacted, with federal and state governments yet to endorse it and more than 860 schools yet to receive the resources promised.
Education ministers meet in Melbourne on Friday but the action plan, originally…
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South Australia News
Friday, 04 March 2011 08:08
The Soon To Be Lost Languages Of Our Indigenous Cultures
With the disappearance of many Indigenous languages in South Australia a current threat, a group of Univeristy of Adelaide researchers have spent the past five years investigating how the languages could be preserved.
For the past five years researchers from the University of Adelaide have travelled the width and breadth…
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South Australia News
Sunday, 20 February 2011 07:28
Aboriginal Community Focuses On The Young To Keep Language Alive
AN Aboriginal community risks losing its language because too much emphasis is placed on Pitjantjatjara.
Scotdesco Aboriginal Community says the Wirangu language is "critically endangered" with just two remaining elders - Gladys and Doreen Miller - fluent in the native tongue.
"Pitjantjatjara is all about inland heritage but food-hunting techniques…
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South Australia News
Friday, 19 November 2010 12:55
SA Young Australian Of The Year 2011
Kaurna and Narrunga man Vincent ‘Jack’ Buckskin is all too aware that with the loss of traditional language comes the loss of culture. After losing his sister, Jack decided to drop everything to immerse himself in the dancing and language of his culture. After 18 months learning the endangered Kaurna…
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South Australia News
Thursday, 11 November 2010 12:23
Work With Light In The Spotlight
A physicist has been named South Australian of the Year.
Professor Tanya Monro, 37, has been recognised for her work in photonics, dealing with generation and control of light using optical fibre.
Professor Don Bursill has been named Senior South Australian of the Year for his water management work.
Peter…
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South Australia News
Wednesday, 02 June 2010 19:38
Yorke Peninsula Schools Revive Lost Language
AN Aboriginal language on the verge of disappearing has been revived with the help of several Yorke Peninsula schools.
Teachers and senior secondary students from Kadina, Moonta, Maitland and Stansbury have been taking part in workshops run by the Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association.
The association, with the help of a…
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South Australia News
Thursday, 15 April 2010 10:59
Family ties a barrier to Indigenous justice: interpreter
ABC News reports: Indigenous language interpreter says kinship ties are presenting major difficulties for courts and denying Aboriginal defendants fair hearings. He also says low wages for interpreters are a barrier to recruitment of more Aboriginal interpreters.
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South Australia News
Tuesday, 06 April 2010 12:09
The Wendat people are survivors
A project that hopes to revive ancestral Huron language in Canada, Yawenda, looks to the revial of Kaurna for inspiration.
“They [Kaurna] have achieved some good results,” Dorais said. “People are using the language in official circumstances like funerals and civic ceremonies. However, it has not grown to the point…
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South Australia News