Newsletter date: 25 October 2013
Contents:
* Calling all Aboriginal Nations to Canberra 9 am 23 - 24 November 2013: Sovereign Union National Meeting on asserting our sovereignty
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gary Foley, Historian and veteran Aboriginal rights campaigner
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Monica Morgan, Manager of the Indigenous Rights Program at Amnesty International Australia
* CAAMA Audio: Do we really know our history? [Featuring Professor Ian Clark]
* Chris Munro, footprintsTracker: Overkill
* Chris Munro, footprintsTracker: The law of the tongue
* CALLING ALL ABORIGINAL NATIONS TO CANBERRA 9 AM 23 - 24 NOVEMBER 2013: SOVEREIGN UNION NATIONAL MEETING ON ASSERTING OUR SOVEREIGNTY
- Media Release
Sovereign Union of First Nations and Peoples in Australia:
Calling all Aboriginal Nations to Canberra 9 am 23 - 24 November 2013: Sovereign Union National Meeting on asserting our sovereignty
http://nationalunitygovernment.org/pdf/2013/MA-SU-media%20release-21Oct1...
http://nationalunitygovernment.org/node/758
21 Oct 13: "Michael Anderson stated today that the venue for the Nations Gathering will be Old Parliament House, Canberra, commencing at 10:00am with morning tea and registration at the Aboriginal Embassy at 9:00am.
People need to be reminded that the delegations can only consist of an Elder, a youth and delegation leader, that is three from each Nation. The visitors' gallery will be open for the public and microphones will be placed in the visitors' gallery for people if they wish to ask questions or make short comments.
This conference is so important considering where things are at in Aboriginal Affairs. The Sovereign Union National Meeting on Saturday and Sunday 23 - 24 November gets more important every day. Let's just have a look at some of the things that is going on around the country. ...
In regards to accommodation, it is recommended to bring some tents, if and where possible, and we will all camp at the Aboriginal Embassy as we have done for many years. ... "
- Upcoming Event
Event: 23 - 24 November 2013: Canberra, ACT
Next Sovereign Union National Meeting
"Michael Anderson stated today [21 Oct 13] that the venue for the
Nations Gathering will be Old Parliament House, Canberra,
commencing at 10:00am with morning tea and registration
at the Aboriginal Embassy at 9:00am."
"People need to be reminded that the delegations can only consist of
an Elder, a youth and delegation leader, that is three from each Nation."
"The key issues that will be focused on at this gathering are:
* Sovereignty and Self-Determination
* Native Title - v - Aboriginal Sovereignty
* United Nations and International Law on de-colonisation
* Declaring Sovereign Independence.
* Developing International Relationships and
* Unification of Sovereign Aboriginal Nations within Australia."
Event details: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/pdf/2013/MA-SU-media%20release-21Oct1...
Event details: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/calling-all-aboriginal-nation...
Event details: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/node/758
Event details: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/community-gatherings
Event details: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/community-gatherings?qt-gathe...
Event details: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/michael-anderson-returns-un-s...
* BACKGROUND TO THE ABORIGINAL SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT AND THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSIES:
Last updated: 15 October 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-aboriginal-sovereig...
* LET'S TALK'S TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS GARY FOLEY, HISTORIAN AND VETERAN ABORIGINAL RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER
- Audio Interview
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Gary Foley
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
15 Oct 13: "Historian and veteran Aboriginal rights campaigner"
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/gary-foley-2/
* LET'S TALK'S TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS MONICA MORGAN, MANAGER OF THE INDIGENOUS RIGHTS PROGRAM AT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA
- Audio Interview
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Monica Morgan
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
16 Oct 13: "Manager of the Indigenous Rights Program at Amnesty International Australia"
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/monica-morgan-2/
* CAAMA AUDIO: DO WE REALLY KNOW OUR HISTORY? [FEATURING PROFESSOR IAN CLARK]
- Audio
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association: Do we really know our history?
http://caama.com.au/do-we-really-know-our-history
17 Oct 13: "The long running debate about the Australian history wars continues: was Australia peacefully settled or does it have a dark history? Professor Ian Clark from the University of Ballarat and co-editor of The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills, Forgotten Narratives speaks to CAAMA Radio about Australia’s bleak history."
* CHRIS MUNRO, FOOTPRINTSTRACKER: OVERKILL
- Analysis / Opinion
footprintsTracker: Overkill
http://tracker.org.au/2013/10/overkill/
8 Oct 13: "HISTORY: 80-odd years is the average lifespan of a healthy human being, give or take a couple of footy seasons. It’s not a long time at all. But amazingly, only eight decades ago, Aboriginal people were hunted-down and systematically slaughtered in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. CHRIS MUNRO* takes on the grisly task of recounting the Forrest River Massacre of 1926, and how one dust up between two proud men led to the deaths of around 100 innocent Aborigines." By Chris Munro, a Gamilaraay man, the former Political Editor of NITV. He is the Managing Editor of Tracker and a NSWALC employee.
* CHRIS MUNRO, FOOTPRINTSTRACKER: THE LAW OF THE TONGUE
- Analysis / Opinion
footprintsTracker: The law of the tongue
http://tracker.org.au/2013/09/the-law-of-the-tongue/
23 Sep 13: "HISTORY: It never ceases to amaze how swiftly colonial history clouds and in some cases completely supersedes its Aboriginal counterpart in this country. Like a once gin-clear river after big rains, the truth slowly becomes muddied; it flows in all directions and becomes even harder to read. It some cases the truth gets so skewed, its ends up lost forever. I found this is be the case when looking into the extraordinary tale of Eden’s now famous killer whales who worked in tandem with traditional Aboriginal whalers in the Twofold Bay area on the NSW South Coast." By Chris Munro, a Gamilaroi man, a former political correspondent for NITV National News
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