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Radio National: Indigenous

Awaye! (Listen Up!) is where you'll find the latest news of Indigenous arts and culture. Music, storytelling, writing, drama, dance, visual arts, as well as commentary and discussion. Awaye! tackles topics concerning Aboriginal Australians but you'll also find Indigenous culture being discussed in many other programs and subject areas, such as education, history, health, environment, community and society and the arts.

Recent Indigenous stories on Radio National

A long way alright: Doris PilkingtonSaturday, 3 Jan 2009 | Awaye!

Aunty Doris Pilkington is probably best known for writing a homecoming story like no other in Australian literature. [more]

The Kodja Place: Reconciliation in actionTuesday, 30 Dec 2008 | Life Matters

The Kodja Place museum, based in Kojonup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, brings together the stories of black and white rural Australia. [more]

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Cedric and Ben WyattMonday, 29 Dec 2008 | Life Matters

An Indigenous father and son, both steeped in politics and power, discuss their different responses to the apology from the Prime Minister to the Stolen Generations. [more]

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Disembodied brains, culture and science: Indigenous lives under gaze [Part 2 of 2]Saturday, 27 Dec 2008 | All In The Mind

Maori people believe the body is derived from the earth, and returns to the ancestral earth at death—complete. [more]

Geoffrey Gurrumul YunupinguSaturday, 27 Dec 2008 | Awaye!

His debut solo album has recently been described as the most beautiful recording ever made by an Aboriginal musician. [more]

Saying 'sorry' and being sorrySaturday, 27 Dec 2008 | Lingua Franca

The word, 'sorry', has different meanings in Australian English and Aboriginal English. [more]

Bush Telegraph - Friday December 26Friday, 26 Dec 2008 | Bush Telegraph

Bush Telegraph for Friday December 26. [more]

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Bush Telegraph - Thursday December 25Thursday, 25 Dec 2008 | Bush Telegraph

Bush Telegraph for Thursday December 25. [more]

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Realising the potential of desert environmentsWednesday, 24 Dec 2008 | RN Australia Talks

Nearly three quarters of Australia is desert, you know. [more]

Bush Telegraph - Wednesday December 24Wednesday, 24 Dec 2008 | Bush Telegraph

Bush Telegraph for Wednesday December 24. [more]

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