Protect, Preserve and Sustain

Our Vision

To address the psycho-socio mentality of living with the impact losing connection to Cultural Domain suffered by the stolen generations.

To focus on engagement to strengthen the vision of the Cultural Domain on-country.

To acknowledge the intrinsic value of Culture to the next Generational Leadership with the skills knowledge and competencies.

To promote the understanding that Culture must be protected, preserved and sustained as a living entity.

To break the inter-generational loss of the Cultural Domain by passing on sixty thousand years of continuous Cultural Knowledge of Country.

To support the next leaders to be innovative, creative and resilient so they can improve the lives of the communities that they work and live within.

SPECIFIC AREAS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE FOCUS:

  1. Significant sites
  2. Tribal boundaries
  3. Tribal names
  4. Noongar words and Language
  5. Artefacts
  6. Six seasons
  7. Men’s business
  8. Women’s business

CARING FOR COUNTRY PROGRAM

  • Sites
  • Bush tucker
  • Flora and Fauna
  • Prominent Songlines
  • Prominent storylines

CULTURAL HISTORY AND THE STORY OF OUR PEOPLE

  1. Stolen Generation: Impacts and Implications
  2. Segregation: Impacts and Implications
  3. Acts and Legislation
  4. Reserves and Missions

NIDJUUK KOORAH KOORLINY KOORAH: LOOKING FORWARD REFLECTING BACK

  1. Moiety
  2. Kinship
  3. Skin Names
  4. Totems

 

Voice                                                 Boodja

Acknowledgement                           Empowered

Listening                                           Loyalty

Understanding                                 Inclusiveness

Embracing                                        Engaged

                                                          Families