ABORIGINAL EDUCATION
2020 NAIDOC WEEK DATES AND POSTER WINNER ANNOUNCED
National NAIDOC Week 2020 celebrations will now be held from 8th-15th November.
The November dates follow the decision by the National NAIDOC Committee (NNC) to postpone NAIDOC Week from the original July dates due to the impacts and uncertainty from the escalating Coronavirus pandemic across our communities and cities.
NAIDOC is an acronym for National Aborigines and Islander Day Observance Committee. This year's theme is 'ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE', recognising that First Nation's people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years.
Waigana wins coveted NAIDOC 2020 Poster competition
Tyrown Waigana, a Perth based artist and designer, has been named as this year’s winner of the prestigious National NAIDOC Poster Competition.
ABC SCREENING OF 'IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS'
This heart-warming observational documentary about history, learning, love and resistance premieres on Sunday, 5th July at 9:30pm on ABC and ABC iview. This day (Sunday 5th July) is known as Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Sunday.
Told through the eyes of charismatic 10-year-old Arrernte/Garrwa boy Dujuan and his family, the film charts the challenges Dujuan faces both in his school and on the streets of Alice Springs. In his community, Dujuan is recognised as a child-healer and a hunter. He speaks three languages, yet despite his depth of wisdom and intelligence, Dujuan is failing in school and facing increasing scrutiny from welfare and the police.
As he travels perilously close to incarceration, his family fight to give him a strong Arrente education alongside his western education. We walk with him as he grapples with these pressures, shares his truths and somewhere in-between finds space to dream, imagine and hope for his future.
The documentary is rated PG with parental guidance recommended for children under 13 years of age. Here is a link to a movie review providing parents with more details
Here is a link to watch the official documentary trailer: