| Phys. Description |
221 pages : colour illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Territory Read 2011. |
| Awards |
Winner 2011 Territory Read Absolutely Books prize for non-fiction award. |
| Contents |
Foundations. This book, pip nhenhe -- Born to be -- Relationship of the land -- The generations -- Story. Dreams and story -- Ways of telling -- Ayeye-ale alheme, ayeye-arle apetye-alpeme -- Anpernirrentye, kinship. Angkerrentye anpernirrentye-akerte - Ikirrentye and nyurrpe - Touch-feelings - Mourning --Apmere. the land. What land means - Recovering our land - Healing -- Our nature. Plants and trees - Animals - Once the white man came -- Language and learning. Language -- Teaching and learning -- Akngerrrepate mape, the elders - Iwerre atherrame, two cultures. |
| Summary |
"Margaret Kemarre Turner is a proud mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. These responsible relationships are her primary motivation to document for younger Aboriginal people, alongside her student and alere Barry McDonald Perrule, her cultured understanding of the deep intertwining roots that hold all Australian Aboriginal people." -- Book cover. |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity.
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Aranda (Australian people) -- Folklore.
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Aranda (Australian people) -- Kinship.
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Aranda (Australian people) -- Social life and customs.
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Oceanic Ancestry Group.
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| Alt Author |
McDonald, Barry Matthew John, author.
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Dobson, Veronica, contributor.
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| Alt Title |
What it means to be an Aboriginal person |
| ISBN |
9781864650952 (paperback) |
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