Indigenous or Aboriginal
Highlights
The Journey of Nishiyuu
In 2013, six Cree youth from Whapmagoostui walked 1,600 km to Ottawa as part of the Idle No More movement to support Chief Theresa Spence and Indigenous rights. Joined by others along the way, they were celebrated as symbols of Indigenous resilience and unity.
Thalweg by Convex a choral meditation promenade along the Thames
Would the Amazon forest still be burning if it was legally recognised as a living entity? Environmental rights and ecoside are some of the themes of Convex’s new performance: Thalweg. The artistic collaboration Convex is presenting new work at Totally Thames for the second year. Thalweg is a choral meditation promenade along the river Thames
Saltwater Soundwalk: Indigenous Audio Tour of Seattle (Encore) – Making Contact Radio
In this special encore episode of Making Contact, we present “Saltwater Soundwalk”: Indigenous Audio Tour of Seattle. Produced by Jenny Asarnow and Rachel Lam, this rhythmic, watery audio experience, streams of stories that ebb and flow, intermixes English with Coast Salish languages. Indigenous Coast Salish peoples continue to steward this land and preserve its language,
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Sydney’s new harbourside walk named Yananurala invites you to walk, think, listen and hear on Gadigal Country
The Gadigal language inspires the name for the city’s first Indigenous harbourside walk. Source: Sydney’s new harbourside walk named Yananurala invites you to walk, think, listen and hear on Gadigal Country
• Cistemaw inyiniw
Cistêmâw iyiniw ohci is a performance by Cheryl L’Hirondelle in which she ran 25 km across the Makwa Sahgaiehcan reserve, retracing a Cree runner’s historical route. The act honors Indigenous mobility, memory, and communication through community‑engaged performance.
Shelter I & II, quartzite ridge
Shelter I & II reflect Nici Cumpston’s deep connection to Country and the traces of Aboriginal presence in the landscape. Created from a serendipitous misprint, the two reversed images were paired to form an imagined place of refuge within a harsh environment.
All the Names for Everything
**All The Names for Everything** was a walk on Mount Nemo with educators and Indigenous leaders exploring scientific, cultural, and Indigenous naming of plants and places, reflecting on colonial histories and expanding nature education through diverse perspectives.
Walking pieces
Articles elsewhere
Ojibway Story of Mudjeekawis (no date)
This story is from Ojibway Heritage by Basil Johnston, page 151: Mudjeekawis was the first born son of Epingishmook and Winonah and he accompanied his father in all his expeditions and acquired a wanderlust. He left home as soon as he was old enough. He traveled far and wide and brought back stories from other […]
Botanical Encounters: exhibition
Contributing a sound track made from walks in Sydney Gardens, Bath and the Botanic Gardens in Adelaide. Echoes and resonances of the work in South Australia last year beginning to seep into the work. Listen to the birds. The white settlers didnt like the sound of the indigeneous birds so they imported English song birds whilst exporting the bones of the indigenous people. Colonial extraction at its most brutal. Re-reading Fanon again. [...]
Interview with JeeYeun Lee
As part of the release of my book, Walking as Artistic Practice (pre-orders now open for softcover shipping in April!), I’m going to be publishing some brief interviews with the various artists, authors, researchers, creatives, collectives, and platforms whose art practice, written material, or other works I cite and mention. My 23rd interview in this […]
Events
Armidale Catholic Precinct Soundtrail
The Catholic Precinct Soundtrail is a geo locative audio walk and meditation of one of Armidale’s most loved historic sites. This comes to us through the eyes (and ears) of a group of gifted young Aboriginal kids who herald from across the Armidale Catholic diocese, from as far as Walgett to Tenterfield. These kids (dubbed
Walgett Freedom Rides
Walgett was where the Freedom Ride exploded onto the national stage. It was the place, as Charlie Perkins said, which was the first big test of moral courage. “Are you with it? Or are you against it? Are you fair dinkum? Or are you not?” It was the place where the Freedom Rides students found
Aboriginal Diggers Soundtrail, Moree NSW
You are standing on sacred ground, Kamilaroi ground. Beneath your feet are the remains of 220 Aboriginal people, 120 children among them, many who never made their first birthday. Most here were buried here between the years of 1940 and 1968. This was at the height of segregation, opportunities for Aboriginal people were few and