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This blog is about our concerns for environmental matters associated to the protection of the commons. It includes works of art that depict our social and cultural heritage. We give homage to the spirits of this country who are our ancestors in blood and our deep respect of the dreaming of this land is attributed by our intent to protect this country from unreasonable resource exploitation that may be beyond the capacity of the ecology to support.
Portrait by Kym Maxwell commissioned by the Late Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
ReplyDeleteKym dreamed that his family wanted to set up their stall at Johns street Salisbury, but we were told by a woman unknown to us that we could not set up because the sausage sizzle wanted to set up. We explained to her that we trade together (as we do) but she would not listen and insisted that we should not set up our stall.
ReplyDeleteIn reality we trade at the Johns St market Salisbury most weeks on a Thursday and Friday. Kym understands that this dream is referring to issues associated to International societies such as volunteers Australia, in the dreaming they are objecting to us using our tribal business name that associates to the union to our First Nation heritage. The issues surrounding, First Australians having control over their ID and heritage is a contentious issue that remains without resolution. The dreaming might bring this to a conclusion as we will continue to trade using the name of our birthright, that links to our First Nation heritage.