Yuendumu residents Donovan Jampijinpa Rice, Frank Baarda and Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves speak about the community and Frank Baarda’s recently published book “Yurntumu Ngaju-nyangu Yimi : my Yuendumu story”. Their not so hidden agenda is to make a contribution to dispelling the stereotypes that places like Yuendumu are saddled with, and to expose the disempowerment and control exercised by the authorities.
Frank and his wife have been living in Yuendumu, an Aboriginal community in Central Australia for nearly half a Century. They have witnessed enormous changes in both Aboriginal life style and in the institutional management of their community. This book tells of those changes. It also tells of how the Warlpiri people of Yuendumu have retained their unique worldview, their language, identity, dignity and sense of humour.
You can purchase the book directly from the author by emailing Frank at fdbaarda@gmail.com for $40 or from Red Kangaroo Books ([ Ссылка ])
Speakers:
Donovan Jampijinpa Rice is a Warlpiri author ([ Ссылка ]) and worked in charge of literacy production at Yuendumu School's printery (The Bi-lingual Resources Development Unit - BRDU - see [ Ссылка ]) for many years. He currently works for PAW (Pintubi Anmatyere Warlpiri Media) in music production. In 2012 at the Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs ([ Ссылка ]) Donovan Jampijinpa talked about the importance in learning both ways. An excerpt of his heartfelt speech as well as his mother’s strong speech on the need to learn Warlpiri first can be found in “My Yuendumu Story"
Frank Baarda is a geologist and author of “My Yuendumu Story” ([ Ссылка ]). Frank and his wife arrived in Yuendumu ([ Ссылка ]) at the end of the Welfare Era in 1973. He said: “Telling my Yuendumu story is the least I could do to express my gratitude to the Warlpiri people of Yuendumu, who have tolerated and welcomed us in their midst, thereby greatly enriching our lives.”
Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves is a Warlpiri journalist/author for IndigenousX ([ Ссылка ]). He wrote “We do not want to have to choose between two worlds, and we do not want our world to keep being misheard and misunderstood. Enough is enough. ... We are happy to respect Western culture, but it needs to respect Aboriginal culture too. That means listening to Aboriginal people….” At the Fracking Inquiry ([ Ссылка ]) Mr Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves submitted that fracking “is digging up my body, breaking my Tjukurpa”. He stunned the Fracking Panel ([ Ссылка ]) with a new song.
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