Discusses the impact of colonialism and how empowerment strategies are the key to creating generational change and establishing functional communities.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, January/February 1993, pp. 26-29
Description
Excerpt from book that looks at pregnancy, childbirth, mothering and general health from the perspective of Aboriginal mothers. Recommended as a teaching tool and resource.
Book review of: Words of Our Country, Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns-Yarrabah Region compiled and edited by R. M. W. Dixon.
Review located by scrolling to page 272.
Southerly, vol. 62, no. 2, Summer, 2002, pp. 197-206
Description
Explores issues and develops some practical outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers, editors and publishers who compete when writing about the Aboriginal experience.
Discusses the issue of non-Indigenous authors writing about Aboriginal society and culture, and gives some practical advice for those attempting to do so.
The Lion and the Unicorn, vol. 25, no. 2, April 2001, pp. 226-241
Description
Looks at the surge in publication of Aboriginal writings that resist "white noise," the white telling of black history and experience, and the reclaiming of "Dreaming" stories especially in Children's literature.
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 2010, pp. 37-50
Description
Comments on the usefulness of applying yarning as a research method for the gathering of data in Indigenous research using results from an Indigenous group in Australia and and in Botswana.
Article discuss findings of 10 interviews with community language teachers in New South Wales regarding their approaches to and perceptions of their language education practice.