Title Iwenhe tyerrtye : what it means to be an Aboriginal person / Margaret Kemarre Turner ; as told to Barry McDonald Perrurle ; with translations by Veronica Perrurle Dobson

Published Alice Springs, N.T. : IAD Press, 2010 Alice Springs, N.T. : IAD Press, 2010

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	305.89915 Tur/Itw		AVAILABLE
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W'PONDS	305.89915 Tur/Itw		AVAILABLE

Description 221 pages : colour illustrations, portraits. ; 23 cm Series New Items Contents Foundations. This book, pip nhenhe -- Born to be -- Relationship of the land -- The generations -- Story. Dreams and story -- Ways of telling -- Ayeye-ale alheme, ayeye-arle apetye-alpeme -- Anpernirrentye, kinship. Angkerrentye anpernirrentye-akerte - Ikirrentye and nyurrpe - Touch-feelings - Mourning --Apmere. the land. What land means - Recovering our land - Healing -- Our nature. Plants and trees - Animals - Once the white man came -- Language and learning. Language -- Teaching and learning -- Akngerrrepate mape, the elders - Iwerre atherrame, two cultures Summary "Margaret Kemarre Turner is a proud mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. These responsible relationships are her primary motivation to document for younger Aboriginal people, alongside her student and alere Barry McDonald Perrule, her cultured understanding of the deep intertwining roots that hold all Australian Aboriginal people." -- Book cover Notes Territory Read 2011 Winner 2011 Territory Read Absolutely Books prize for non-fiction award Subject Alice Springs (N.T.) -- Folklore Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Aranda (Australian people) -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs -- Legends Aranda (Australian people) -- Folklore Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity Aranda (Australian people) -- Folklore Aboriginal Australians Aranda (Australian people) -- Kinship Aranda (Australian people) -- Social life and customs Aranda (Australian people) Arrernte people C8 Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity. Aranda (Australian people) -- Social life and customs. Aranda (Australian people) Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02) Social organisation - Kinship Social identity Indigenous knowledge - World view Culture - Relationship to land Land rights - Ownership Literature and stories - Story telling and story tellers Indigenous knowledge - Botany Death - Mourning Colonisation Social identity - Aboriginality Religion - Dreaming Language SUBJECT Alice Springs (N.T.) -- Folklore Genre/Form Folklore. Author McDonald, Barry, 1955-, author Dobson, Veronica, contributor ISBN 9781864650952 (paperback)

Other Titles What it means to be an Aboriginal person What it means to be an Aboriginal person

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