LANGUAGE LEARNING RESOURCES
If you want to learn an Aboriginal Language find an existing resource for the group you feel that you will want to work with. Do you own home work rather than just going to find a native speaker and hassling…
“CHEAP DRUNK” Petrol Sniffing Can be Beaten.
Down Load:https://www.whywarriors.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Cheap-Drunk-170428-Final.docx Note: The following is not intended to be an in-depth study of petrol sniffing or the anti–sniffing programs run across the region. Having been centrally involved in permanently stopping petrol sniffing at Ramingining in the early 1980’s I…
Breaking of a People
Breaking of a People Down Load: https://www.whywarriors.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Breaking-of-a-People-161205-final.docx Submission to Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory I have called this submission “breaking of a people” because I want to talk about a number of…
“Wedge-tailed Eagle we are all dying!”
I was sitting in a hospital waiting room to see a specialist and there were a number of Yolŋu present, also waiting to see the same doctor. None of these men and women was over mid-30s. As we sat there…
Stuck in a Colonial Mind-Set
Our last newsletter titled “Two Way Abuse in Aboriginal Communities” received great feedback. Many thanked us for saying what should have been said a long time ago. Among these were people who had spent years working in Aboriginal communities and…
What is cultural competency?
Some may think cultural competency is the same as cultural awareness. However cultural awareness is only one small aspect of it. Cultural competency teaches a whole range of knowledge and skills that are not covered in most general cultural awareness…
Two Way Abuse in Aboriginal Communities
Last week we heard the news that a nursing sister was killed in the small community of Fregon. A young man has been charged and we are yet to hear the full story. This is truly a tragic situation for…
Australia Has Its Own “Haka”
As a number of Yolŋu watched Adam Goodes perform his “war cry” or “haka” on TV after he kicked the goal, they were excited because it was great for their culture to be represented there on the big screen. “Here in Arnhem Land in the NT we call what Adam performed ‘balyunmirr’.”
The lights are on but nobody is home
Different Ways of Communicating Question: “How do I work with limited eye contact and little obvious response from Aboriginal clients? Also, do we talk too much?” Have you ever sat down and talked to a person with a different cultural…
Learn Yolngu Culture
Get lifelong access to our Cultural Learning Courses. Also, see our 90 free Q&A Videos. You will learn a lot about Yolngu Culture that you will not learn anywhere else in English as you do these courses or listen to…
Don’t be like a buffaloes “Calling Card”
Community Development Tip – December 2014 Building trust and relationships Question: “I expect I’ll be doing fly-in/out work as a doctor once I graduate. How should I go about forging links with the communities, given so little time to bond?…
Start from where people are at
Community Development Tip – August 2014 In any situation, it is always good to start from where the other person is at in relation to any particular topic or issue. So in cross cultural situations this is all the more important. Of course…
