Aboriginal sovereignty movement

WGAR News: 2013 Gathering of Nations in Canberra - Agenda: Sovereign Union [23-24 November 2013]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 02/11/2013 - 5:56pm

Newsletter date: 3 November 2013

Contents:

* Sovereign Union: 2013 Gathering of Nations in Canberra - Agenda [23-24 November 2013]
* Sovereign Union Flyer: Calling all Aboriginal Nations to Canberra 23-24 November 2013: Gathering of Nations

* Natalie Ahmat, NITV News: Mansell rejects Australia Day Award nomination on moral grounds

* SBS News: 150 years on, South Sea Islanders seek apology for Blackbirding

* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Australia
Queensland
Tasmania
Keywords: 
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Aboriginal Tent Embassies
South Sea Islanders
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Michael Mansell
NITV News
blackbirding
SBS News
Sovereign Union - 2013 Gathering of Nations in Canberra - Agenda
Natalie Ahmat
Sovereign Union Flyer - Calling all Aboriginal Nations to Canberra 23-24 November 2013
Mansell rejects Australia Day Award nomination on moral grounds
150 years on - South Sea Islanders seek apology for Blackbirding
Tasmanian lawyer Michael Mansell
House of Representatives - Old Parliament House - Canberra
Aboriginal Embassy - Canberra

WGAR News: Calling all Aboriginal Nations to Canberra 9 am 23 - 24 November 2013: Sovereign Union

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 24/10/2013 - 12:54pm

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]

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
human rights
solidarity
aboriginal
indigenous rights
Gary Foley
Aboriginal Rights
Aboriginal Tent Embassies
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk
CAAMA
Amnesty International Australia
Chris Munro
Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles
Next Sovereign Union meeting
Monica Morgan
Aboriginal Nations
Sovereign Union National Meeting on asserting our sovereignty
Gary Foley - Historian and veteran Aboriginal rights campaigner
Monica Morgan - Manager of the Indigenous Rights Program at Amnesty International Australia
footprintsTracker
Chris Munro - Tracker

Aboriginal Sovereignty interviews and articles

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 12/10/2013 - 3:51pm

Last updated: 25 May 2014

Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies
Main Contents Page:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-aboriginal-sovereig...

WGAR News: Anderson: You cannot benefit from murder ... Time does not erase murder: Sovereign Union (25 May 14)
http://indymedia.org.au/2014/05/25/wgar-news-anderson-you-cannot-benefit...
"Contents:

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
sovereignty
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
sovereignty movement
Aboriginal independence
Aboriginal interpendence
First Nations Sovereignty

WGAR News: Should Australia have quotas for Indigenous MPs?: Michael Kenny, SBS Radio News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 09/10/2013 - 4:58pm

Newsletter date: 10 October 2013

Contents:

* Michael Kenny, SBS Radio News: Should Australia have quotas for Indigenous MPs?

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: SWALSC & Noongar Tent Embassy face-off on land deal - October 15
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (Matagarup), Perth, WA
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* Ian McPhedran, The Courier-Mail: Historians say the Australian War Memorial should recognise frontier conflicts

Geography: 
Canberra
Perth
Melbourne
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
solidarity
aboriginal
Perth
Gerry Georgatos
WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
Noongar Tent Embassy
Heirisson Island
Matagarup
Aboriginal Tent Embassies
National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Congress
National Congress
The Stringer
Frontier Wars
Heirisson Island - Matagarup
Eleanor Gilbert
Remembering the Frontier Wars
Henry Reynolds
SBS Radio News
Michael Kenny
Aboriginal MPs
Indigenous MPs
SWALSC
War Memorial
Ian McPhedran
The Courier-Mail
frontier conflicts
Forgotten War
Melbourne Event - Thu 17 October 2013 - Public meeting - Henry Reynolds on the Forgotten War
Henry Reynolds on the Forgotten War
Anzac Day 2013 Canberra
Indigenous Advisory Board
Les Malezer

WGAR News: "Sovereign Union is a movement for freedom, rejecting Pearson's pro-assimilation" SU

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 09/09/2013 - 3:07pm

Newsletter date: 10 September 2013

Contents:

* Sovereign Union: Sovereign Union is a movement for freedom, rejecting Pearson's pro-assimilation
* Sharnie Kim, ABC News: Cape York mayors snub Indigenous leader Noel Pearson initiatives
* Laurie Lawira, SBS Radio News: Bipartisan support for Indigenous leadership group
* Sovereign Union: Aboriginal Rates Case back on track [Featuring the Euahlayi Nation]
* Greg Ansley, New Zealand Herald: Indigenous backlash could cost Labor seat [Featuring the Murrawarri Republic]
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Geography: 
New South Wales
Australia
Queensland
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
solidarity
aboriginal
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk
Nicole Watson
Murrawarri Republic
ABC News
Euahlayi Nation
SU - Sovereign Union
Pearson's pro-assimilation
Sovereign Union is a movement for freedom
Sharnie Kim
Cape York mayors snub Indigenous leader Noel Pearson initiatives
Sharnie Kim - ABC News - Cape York mayors snub Indigenous leader Noel Pearson initiatives
Laurie Lawira
SBS Radio News
Bipartisan support for Indigenous leadership group
Sovereign Union - Aboriginal Rates Case back on track - Featuring the Euahlayi Nation
Greg Ansley
New Zealand Herald
Indigenous backlash could cost Labor seat - Featuring the Murrawarri Republic
Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at UTS
Remembering the Coniston Massacre
Restoring Indigenous languages

WGAR News: Euahlayi Nation declares independence and asserts pre-existing and continuing Statehood

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 29/08/2013 - 5:05pm

Newsletter date: 30 August 2013

Contents:

* Euahlayi Nation Media Release: Euahlayi Nation declares independence and asserts pre-existing and continuing Statehood
* YouTube: Euahlayi Nation declares independence - NITV News - Sovereign Embassy
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* ABC Radio National - Breakfast: Australia's 'Sugar Slaves' remembered
* YouTube: Qld marks 150th anniversary of blackbirding NITV News - Sovereign Embassy
* SBS Radio News: South Sea Islanders mark sugar 'slave' days

* SBS Radio News: University offers Wiradjuri language course

Geography: 
New South Wales
Queensland
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NSW
Wiradjuri
South Sea Islanders
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Euahlayi Nation Media Release
Euahlayi Nation
Euahlayi Nation declares independence - NITV News
Australia's Sugar Slaves remembered
150th anniversary of blackbirding
blackbirding
South Sea Islanders mark sugar slave days
University offers Wiradjuri language course
Wiradjuri language
upper western region of NSW

WGAR News: The Republic of Murrawarri and Indigenous Self-Determination: Intercontinental Cry

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 12/08/2013 - 11:01am

Newsletter date: 13 August 2013

Contents:

* First Peoples Worldwide, Cultural Survival: Aboriginals Create the World's Newest Government [Featuring the Republic of Murrawarri]
* Curtis Kline, Intercontinental Cry Magazine: The Republic of Murrawarri and Indigenous Self-Determination
* Indian Country Today Media Network: World's Newest Sovereign Nation: Meet Murrawarri, From Down Under
* Background to the Murrawarri Republic

* Cathy Lawless, Socialist Alternative: The con of constitutional recognition

Geography: 
New South Wales
Australia
Queensland
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
treaty
Socialist Alternative
Ray Jackson
sovereignty
Nicola Butler
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Let's Talk
constitutional recognition
Chris Graham
Murrawarri Republic
The Stringer
Tracker
Robbie Thorpe
Karen Dorante
First Peoples Worldwide
Cultural Survival
Republic of Murrawarri
Aboriginals Create the World's Newest Government
Curtis Kline
Intercontinental Cry Magazine
constitution recognition
Indigenous Self-Determination
Aboriginal Self-Determination
Indian Country Today Media Network
World's Newest Sovereign Nation
Meet Murrawarri - From Down Under
Cathy Lawless
Crikey
Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples
new Indigenous language
ABC Radio National - Late Night Live
Henry Reynolds
Australia's forgotten war
Serving My Country - An Indigenous Story
Calliste Weitenberg
Why Aboriginal Australia should reject constitutional recognition
The con of constitutional recognition
Dodson

WGAR News: Treaty, sovereignty, empowerment the key factors for meaningful Recognition: NIT

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 20/07/2013 - 8:19pm

Newsletter date: 21 July 2013

Contents:

* NIT: Your Say: Treaty, sovereignty, empowerment the key factors for meaningful Recognition
* Let's Talk - NAIDOC Day Constitutional Symposium featuring Panel Members Prof. Megan Davis, Dr Robert Anderson OAM and Aunty Mary Graham
* Jim McIlroy, Green Left: Forum debates Aboriginal rights constitution change [Journalist Jeff McMullen chaired the event.]
* NIRS: NLC Chair suggests Land Rights Act be protected in the Consitution
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
treaty
Gerry Georgatos
sovereignty
National Indigenous Times
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Let's Talk
constitutional recognition
The Stringer
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
Green Left
empowerment
Prof Megan Davis
Dr Robert Anderson OAM
Aunty Mary Graham
Let's Talk - NAIDOC Day Constitutional Symposium
Jim McIlroy
Aboriginal rights constitution change
Journalist Jeff McMullen
NLC Chair
Land Rights Act
National Congress elects Kirstie Parker and Les Malezer
APO NT - Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory
APO NT Governance Summit - Strong Aboriginal Governance
Dr Dale Kerwin
research into Aboriginal Trackers who fought in the Boer War and did not return home
Notice of Condolence - Human Rights Advocate will be sadly missed says ALSWA

WGAR News: Inaugural Meeting of the Peoples Council of the Murrawarri Republic

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 18/07/2013 - 8:18pm

Newsletter date: 19 July 2013

Contents:

* Murrawarri Republic: Inaugural Meeting of the Peoples Council of the Murrawarri Republic
* Background to the Murrawarri Republic declaration

* Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: ILUA (Indigenous Land Use Agreement) = Indigenous Land Under Attack

* Michael Anderson: Gomeroi Protest against Whitehaven Coal
* Maules Creek Community Council: Aboriginal workers walk off the job - Whitehaven in protest at Maules Creek coal mine

* Brisbane Blacks Monthly: Mabo Lawyer - Native Title Agreements Affirm the Sovereignty of the British Crown

Geography: 
Brisbane
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Michael Anderson
native title
Aboriginal Tent Embassies
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Sovereign Union
Jeff McMullen
Brisbane Blacks Monthly
Callum Clayton-Dixon
The Stringer
constitutional reform
Indigenous Australians
Murrawarri Republic declaration
The Guardian UK
Peoples Council
ILUA - Indigenous Land Under Attack
Gomeroi Protest
Whitehaven Coal
Maules Creek Community Council
Aboriginal workers walk off the job
Whitehaven in protest
Maules Creek coal mine
Mabo Lawyer
Sovereignty of the British Crown
Demonstration against Native Title summit
PM Rudd
A New Democracy
sovereign owners of lands
A Sovereign Treaty
justice for Aboriginal Nations and Peoples
Celeste Liddle
Indigenous recognition debate
Katharine Murphy

WGAR News: $1.3 billion Native Title deal divides Noongar peoples: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 09/07/2013 - 2:05pm

Newsletter date: 10 July 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: $1.3 billion Native Title deal divides Noongar peoples
* ABC News: Tent embassy group rejects native title offer
* Tracker: Native title deal angers WA Tent Embassy
* SBS World News Video: WA govt offers native title deal to Noongar group
* Tim Bray, CCI: State Government Native Title offer to provide positive benefits
* University of Otago, NZ: Setting up the Tent Embassy [Nyoongar Tent Embassy]
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (sacred site of Matagarup), Perth, WA

Geography: 
Perth
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Gerry Georgatos
WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
Aboriginal Tent Embassies
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
The Stringer
Vicky Validakis - Australian Mining
Vicky Validakis - Australian Mining - Protestors line up to stop Whitehaven's Maules Creek mine
WA Tent Embassy
sacred site of Matagarup - Heirisson Island
WA Native Title offer
ABC News - Tent embassy group rejects native title offer
Tracker - Native title deal angers WA Tent Embassy
$1.3 billion Native Title deal
SBS World News Video - WA govt offers native title deal to Noongar group