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UN-backed laws set to protect First Nations artists from cultural appropriation: NIT

Andrew Mathieson Creative Indigenous artists who have been demanding the right to prevent their art, songs, stories and traditional knowledge,...

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Australia traded human remains for a prehistoric tiger skull. Decades later, they’re coming home: ABC

By Indigenous Affairs reporter Stephanie Boltje In short: The remains of First Nations adults and children held by Californian institutions since...

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Kakadu Traditional Owners warn ‘99-year marriage’ with Parks Australia at risk: Cairns Post

A five-year fight over an illegal walkway has brought up dark memories of dispossession and voicelessness for Kakadu National Park...

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These sacred artefacts were thought lost forever, but one phone call changed everything: ABC

A German researcher arrived in Yuendumu in 1972, and was given rare access to Indigenous customs and culture. Now, an...

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Decision on Karijini mine welcome, but stronger heritage laws needed to protect Indigenous rights – human rights expert

Dechlan Brennan A leading Indigenous human rights expert says the decision to deny an application to drill next to a...

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Iron ore project loses heritage damage bid

By Tom Zaunmayr WA’s Aboriginal affairs minister has refused a section 18 application for a proposed iron ore mine at the...

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Parks Australia fined for damage to a sacred site at Kakadu National Park in historic ruling: NITV

Traditional Owners are celebrating the decision to fine Parks Australia $200,000 for damages to a sacred men’s site in a...

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Parks Australia pleads guilty to sacred site breach at Gunlom Falls: NT NEWS

Kakadu custodians share their grief over a sacred site breach which has closed a beloved waterfall for five years. ‘I...

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Warlpiri cultural treasures to return home after half a century away: NIT

Giovanni Torre Cultural Warning: The following contains names and photographs of Warlpiri people who are deceased. Artefacts will be returned...

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