Category: Other Subjects
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who is your mob?
Originally posted on under the tea tree: This week has been NAIDOC week in Australia. NAIDOC stands for National Aboriginal & Islander Day of Celebration. It’s so big now that it’s not a day but a whole week, but no-one has changed the name. It’s probably the busiest time in Indigenous’ people’s calendars. There are a lot…
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“Forgive but Not Forget”: Stages of Rage & Healing
Originally posted on Reclaim the Warrior: Last week, I sat with an elder and heard her life story. I don’t want to say that I have been desensitized to my people’s pain but rather, I have come to expect certain themes to emerge from Indigenous people’s stories. Even more so when it is an Indigenous…
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The Presence of Mystery and the Sacred
Holy week reminds us of the immediacy of the sacred and the centrality of ceremony.
