June CultureCAT - Aboriginal Australia

It is considered that Aboriginal Australians may have the oldest continuous culture on the planet. They have a rich and dynamic culture which, like so many indigenous peoples around the world, has been under constant attack since the beginning of European settlement.

There are many, many books to read, both fiction and non-fiction.

Follow The Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington
Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko
The White Girl by Tony Birch
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia - anthology edited by Anita Heiss
Am I Black Enough For You? by Anita Heiss
Song of the Crocodile by Nardi Simpson
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
Talking To My Country by Stan Grant
That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott
Tell Me Why by Archie Roach
Living on Stolen Land by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman (one of my all-time favourites - if you choose to read it, do NOT read any reviews that ruin the twist)

The wiki is here, if you'd like to add your book.

I might reread Follow The Rabbit-Proof Fence for this, and/or I might read one of these:

Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
Maybe Tomorrow by Boori Monty Pryor
True Country by Kim Scott

I've always wanted to read Rabbit Proof Fence. Now is the time!

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

This has been on my TBR for a while and I'm so glad I got a chance to read it! The best way I can sum up this book is by quoting Yunkaporta himself:

I write to provoke thought rather than represent fact, in a kind of dialogical and reflective process with the reader.

I certainly felt that I was sitting on a porch or walking through country yarning with Yunkaporta throughout this book, and he wasn't so much sharing what Indigenous Knowledge is, but how Indigenous Thinking works, giving me new cognitive tools with which to view and interact with the world and people around me.

Definitely recommend this one.

I reread Rabbit-Proof Fence by Nugi Garimara (Doris Pilkington).

Hi, all. I don't know how many challenges I'll read for June, so not sure I'll get to this (again!) or not.

But, here is the thread for July: https://www.librarything.com/topic/371861