Working Together Towards Sovereignty
13/12/2012 by autonomousactionradio | Leave a comment
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The site of the Brisbane Embassy at Musgrave Park had become an eyesore and an embarrassment for the Aboriginal community over the last few months.
So a number of elders and traditional owners from the area banded together to ensure the inevitable Brisbane City Council clean up was done in consultation with them with respect to culture.
That they could work with the Lord Mayor to clean up the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy shows that the Aboriginal people of this area and the Brisbane City Council can unite and work together.
This could prove to be the beginning of a new era for relations between the original nations of this area and the colonial governments that now govern [occupation would have been truer 200 or so years ago...it has now moved into a post-colonial type of mixed stewardship] their lands.
Disenfranchisement is a major hurdle for First Nations people around the post-colonial world.
The way forward and to having sovereignty recognised by the international community is to stand together and strong in your law/lore as the original clan groups from the area.
A strong clear message of sovereignty with the reforming of the Nations within the area now called Brisbane would empower Aboriginals and lead them along a path of self-determination and self-governance.
The Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy was established in March as the first step in the long path towards regaining, at least originally, local indigenous sovereignty.
And while there are many hurdles to overcome, the hurdle presented by the unsatisfactory condition of the Embassy site near Musgrave Park could prove to be an opportunity to move forward.
Since the Council has shown a willingness to work with the original inhabitants of Brisbane to solve problems in the community there lies the opportunity for this alliance to solve further problems.
Graham Quirk surely now will be willing to work with the Yuggera and Turrbul nations to solve the problems of homelessness, poverty, substance abuse and all the others which have been caused by colonisation.
It is hoped that this will help to bring the Aboriginal nations of Brisbane together.
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