Aboriginal Way

Tessa Rose is an actor who regularly appears on stage and screen across Australia, she's had roles in 'Top End Wedding' , 'Redfern Now' and with Bangarra Dance Theatre. In the play The Daly River Girle, Tessa shares her own story about growing up with foster families, away from her mother, family and country. We speak to Tessa at Tandanya just before the opening of The Daly River Girl for the Adel...

Today we join the community in marking the twelfth anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generation. The 13th of February is the anniversary of the National Apology. On that day in 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered an apology in Federal Parliament to all those Indigenous people who had been taken from their families as children by Australian authorities. Kaliah Alice went along t...

Reconciliation SA and ActNow Theatre deliver a program called Generation of Change, designed to give school students and teachers the opportunity to explore the impacts of racism as well as how to prevent it. We speak to Nathan May, a musician and an actor who has a big role in the Act Now program sharing his personal story through words and music.

Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and its marking the achievement with a big focus on the Fringe for 2020. Tandanya will host a "First Nations Hub' in the upcoming festival. We find out more from Tandanya CEO Dennis Stokes.

The new CEO of the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) says the organisation will maintain its strong commitment to Aboriginal screen makers as the organisation's current Aboriginal Screen Strategy expires. We speak to Kate Croser and Associate Executive Production Development Attraction and Studios at SAFC, Nara Wilson about opportunities for Indigenous screen makers right across Central Aus...

On the show today, join us at the launch of Tarnanthi 2019, the national festival of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art which has just opened at the Art Gallery of South Australia. We had a chat with artists Robert Fielding, about why an old beat up car became his canvas and with Ryan Presley who has created a "Blood Money Exchange"

Community centre Kura Yerlo is a leading not for profit Aboriginal owned and controlled community organisation. It was located at Largs Bay for 30 years but has recently moved to a new home in Seaton. They have a new space and a new energy, and share with us some of the great things that are happening at Kura Yerlo right now.

Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement Roger Thomas is leading a State-wide consultation to seek the views of Aboriginal South Australians on ways to improve the working relationship between State Government and Aboriginal nations.

In the 1930s Anthropologist Charles Mountford documented Adnyamathanha people with a series of now iconic photographs held by the South Australian Museum. Eighty years on an Adnyamathanha researcher has taken the photos back to her Adnyamathanha community to uncover personal and complex stories of family, culture and country. Rebecca Richards is an Adnyamathanha Barngarla woman, an early career re...

With Aboriginal children significantly overrepresented in care across the nation and in South Australia, the SA Department of Child Protection is undergoing a re-orientation of the way it works with Aboriginal families. It has recently released three policy statements - a Reconciliation Action Plan, Aboriginal Employment Policy and a departmental Aboriginal Action Plan. Significantly the Aborigina...

Today we hear from some artists who are showing their work at the Our Mob exhibition of works by over 80 South Australian First Nations artists. Greg Burgoyne, Linda Bromley and Don Dunstan Emerging Artist Award recipient Sonya Rankine speak to Lucy Kingston about their art practice and how it relates to their personal stories, culture and identity.

On the show today we speak to Shona Read, Executive Director of Reconciliation South Australia, about her time at this year's amazing Garma festival up in East Arnhem Land, as well as the plans Reconciliation SA has for the next few years.

On Aboriginal Way radio this week, we hear about a huge exhbition of art by First Nations South Australian artists that's opening in Adelaide soon - Our Mob. We speak to thriving contemporary artist, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara woman Elizabeth Close for her perspective on the giant annual art show. She first got involved with Our Mob very early in her career and has an exciting new work on...

60% of the state of South Australia now has native title resolved, with remaining claims progressing rapidly through the Federal Court. With most native title claims in the state likely to be resolved within the next few years, the CEO of SA Native Title Services Keith Thomas discusses how native title supports traditional owners to advance their own goals for their community and country.

On this program hear from Kaurna Elder Jeffrey Newchurch on the return of eleven Kaurna old people to be reburied on their country. The remains of the old people were held at UK institutions and the Federal Government has coordinated their return from overseas to Canberra. About 25 Kaurna people will collect and escort them from Canberra to Adelaide to be laid to rest at sacred area for the Kaurna...

On today's program, we speak to Professor Lester Irabinna Rigney after a forum held at SAHMRI on the theme of this year's NAIDOC Week - Voice Treaty Truth. Professor Rigney is a researcher who is investigating the rights of the child, looking at different ways we can improve the disparities between Aboriginal Children and non-Aboriginal Children. He says that Australia has 'educational amnesia' an...

On this show, an inspiring young woman who wants to create opportunities for people in her community to reap the benefits of an active lifestyle. Rikki Milera-Wilson is the 2019 NAIDOC SA Sports Woman of the Year and Kaliah Alice spoke to her at the Adelaide Town Hall just after the NAIDOC SA awards ceremony.

On the program today we hear from Arabana woman Dr Veronica Arbon and linguist Eleanor McCall about some successful Arabana language camps that were held at Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre) recently. Over 100 Arabana people got involved with carving, decorating clapping sticks, cooking kangaroo tails, catching up with family and hearing about the traditional names of the places and stories from that area f...

On Aboriginal Way radio this week, we hear from Dylan Clarke, Chairperson of the Barengi Gadjin Land Council which represents Traditional Owners from the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk peoples in Victoria. Kaliah Alice caught up with Dylan Clarke at the National Native Title conference in Melbourne earlier this month, and he provided some insight into treaty advancement and...

The Federal Court has recognised that the Nukunu people are native title holders over a large area of South Australia around the city of Port Pirie. On this program we hear from the emotional Federal Court determination hearing which was held in the small town of Port Germein on the coast at the top of the Spencer Gulf. Speakers: Federal Court Justice Charlesworth John Turner, Nukunu Elder Rose Tu...

In today's program we hear from the Chair of the National Native Title Council speaking at the 2019 Native Title Conference. Jamie Lowe says that now that many Aboriginal nations have legal recognition as traditional owners through native title, it's an era to work towards wealth creation, hand back of resources and a journey to true reconciliation. We also speak to one of the winners of the 2019...

On the program this week, we hear about the work being done to find better ways of dealing with one of the most chronic health conditions in the Australian population broadly and the Aboriginal community particularly - diabetes. Douglas Clinch is Project Officer with the SA Aboriginal Chronic Disease Consortium, and they are taking a careful evidence based and community led approach to helping peo...

On today's program we hear from Paul Herzich, a Ngarrinjeri and Kaurna man who is an Adelaide based contemporary landscape architect and visual artist. Paul was key note speaker at the Reconciliation in the North morning tea during Reconciliation Week 2019. He spoke to Kaliah Alice after his address and told her some of his interesting life story and about his approach to design.

We speak to a Wiradjuri man who is brave in every sense of the word. Joe Williams was a professional NRL player and champion boxer who has overcome his personal demons to become a speaker and advocate for Indigenous wellness and suicide prevention. He spoke to Lucy Kingston after his powerful address to a meeting of the Adelaide Metro Suicide Prevention Network.

The Aboriginal Families Study is a research study that invited 344 women from across South Australia to talk about their birthing experiences. The study is in its second phase with researchers now wanting to reconnect with those women they spoke to over 5 years ago.