#indigenouspolicy — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #indigenouspolicy, aggregated by home.social.
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Family of missing woman wants $1m reward to help solve 13-year-old mystery
By Olivia Nunes-MalekMonique Clubb disappeared during a trip to Brisbane more than 13 years ago. Her family has now co-launched a campaign calling on Queensland Police to implement a reward for new information that could lead to an arrest.
#MissingPerson #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousCulture #IndigenousPolicy #Police #Courts #OliviaNunesMalek
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What dozens of empty chairs revealed about Australia's racism inquiry
By Dana MorseWitnesses laid bare the impact of racism on their lives in hearings held around the nation. But the repeated absence of key decision makers raises questions about who was listening and what the impact will be.
#IndigenousAustralians #Discrimination #FederalGovernment #CommunityandSociety #RaceRelations #GovernmentandPolitics #LawCrimeandJustice #OlympicGames #IndigenousPolicy #DanaMorse
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Senator says NT doesn't 'want to stick to' terms of $4b housing deal
By Emma MastersTwo levels of government are in a deadlock over what to do about the Northern Territory Remote Housing agreement, which Senator Lidia Thorpe says is falling "behind schedule" and failing those it is designed to help.
#HousingPolicy #RuralandRemoteCommunities #IndigenousPolicy #FederalGovernment #StateandTerritoryGovernment #EmmaMasters
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A 13-year-old boy asked me a question no child should
By Dana MorseIn the tiny community of Baniyala in East Arnhem Land, I sat next to a 13-year-old boy who asked me a question no child should be asking.
#IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousPolicy #IndigenousCulture #NativeTitle #History #LandRights #DanaMorse
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'Like an ambush': Gove Peninsula elder rejects new land council plan
By Matt GarrickA key clan elder on the Gove Peninsula has voiced his frustration, confusion and concern over a bold plan to create a new Aboriginal land council in his region.
#IndigenousAustralians #CommunityandCulturalEvents #IndigenousPolicy #LandRights #MattGarrick
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Garma Festival media panel hears Indigenous debate has soured since Voice
By Matt GarrickSince Australia resoundingly rejected an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in 2023, media heavyweights say debate on Indigenous issues has taken a nosedive.
#Media #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousPolicy #RaceRelations #FederalGovernment #Constitution #Referendums #IndigenousCulture #MattGarrick
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Wong describes importance of First Nations ties to Pacific
By Gina RushtonOn the second day of Garma Festival, Foreign Minister Penny Wong emphasised the strategic importance of ties between First Nations peoples and Australia's Pacific neighbours.
#GovernmentandPolitics #IndigenousAustralians #CommunityandSociety #History #IndigenousPolicy #WorldPolitics #IndigenousCulture #FederalGovernment #IndigenousOtherPeoples #GinaRushton
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Politics were the focus, but Bluey stole the show at Garma
By Gina Rushton and Lachlan BennettThe first day of the nation's biggest Indigenous gathering was political, but the must-see guest was not a member of parliament.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/garma-festival-education-fair-politics-bluey/106978954
#IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousCulture #IndigenousPolicy #AboriginalLanguage #Education #FederalGovernment #GinaRushton #LachlanBennett
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NT chief minister's Garma town promise on land rights anniversary
By Matt GarrickLia Finocchiaro uses her first Garma Festival speech to promise land and fuel security in north-east Arnhem Land after its main employer, Rio Tinto, leaves town.
#IndigenousAustralians #CommunityandCulturalEvents #MiningandMetalsIndustry #CommunityandSociety #GovernmentandPolitics #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #IndigenousPolicy #Industry #MattGarrick
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Leeser says Albanese has 'lost his direction' on Indigenous affairs
By Matt GarrickShadow Indigenous Australians Minister Julian Leeser has accused the federal government of being "adrift" on Indigenous affairs during his speech at the Garma Festival.
#IndigenousAustralians #CommunityandCulturalEvents #GovernmentandPolitics #IndigenousPolicy #FederalGovernment #CommunityandSociety #FederalParliament #PoliticalParties #AustralianFederalElections #MattGarrick
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Albanese's absence looms large over Garma
By Dana MorseThe theme of this year's Garma Festival is "bukmak", a Yolŋu word meaning "everyone", but the prime minister's decision not to attend may indicate how high on the government's priority list Indigenous affairs sit.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/garma-bukmak-anthony-albanese-gulkula-arnhem-land/106954240
#IndigenousAustralians #CommunityandSociety #IndigenousCulture #IndigenousPolicy #GovernmentandPolitics #IndigenousOtherPeoples #Reconciliation #History #DanaMorse
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New data shows Indigenous children face lengthy periods on remand
By Brooke Fryer and Kirstie WellauerNew data shows First Nations children are spending longer behind bars without a sentence. Families and experts say the system is failing young people.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-29/productivity-commission-latest-closing-the-gap-data/106891958
#IndigenousPolicy #IndigenousAustralians #YoungPeople #Prisons #BrookeFryer #KirstieWellauer
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NT Aboriginal groups accuse CLP of 'weaponising' Closing the Gap funding
By Jacqueline BreenAboriginal groups have renewed calls for the Commonwealth to overhaul its funding arrangements with the Northern Territory government, accusing the Country Liberal Party of "weaponising" federal Indigenous disadvantage funding against Aboriginal Territorians.
#IndigenousPolicy #IndigenousAustralians #GovernmentandPolitics #Racism #JacquelineBreen
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Indigenous tribe's name to be restored to Connecticut river under proposed bill
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First Native American woman in space steps out on spacewalk
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A tiny Juneau lot is the latest battleground in a dispute over tribal sovereignty
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Alaska Natives trying to access emergency aid were met with nonsensical forms in their language with sentences like 'your husband is a polar bear'
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Did you know that the 13,000 Native Americans that fought in World War I were not even U.S. citizens? Natives were not granted citizenship (of our own country) — until June 2, 1924.
You would’ve known this. Had they taught it to you in school.
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#usmilitaryhttps://twitter.com/LakotaMan1/status/1614370884244111361?t=5QSUcn9HmwiWEeYF6hbs6w&s=19
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U of Kentucky one of largest holders of Native American remains that haven’t been returned to tribes
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article271144562.html
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Tribal and civic leaders condemn lawmaker's proposal for Reservation alternatives
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Tuition Waiver Program for Native Americans Off to a Promising Start
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Tribal leaders in Wisconsin warn of ‘pretendians’ after Madison arts leader accused of pretending to be Native American resigns UW residency
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America’s Biggest Museums Fail to Return Native American Human Remains
https://www.propublica.org/article/repatriation-nagpra-museums-human-remains
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Remains found in 2008 identified as Native American woman reported missing in 1987
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Joe Biden signs water bills benefiting tribes
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/joe-biden-signs-water-bills-benefiting-tribes
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Congress must honor its 244-year-old promise to the Indigenous leaders of Delaware Nation
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Experts say 2 lawsuits pose greatest threat to tribal sovereignty in decades
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Montana lawmaker wants to revisit idea of reservations
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Biden signs bills that secure long-sought water rights and land for 5 Arizona tribes
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Tribes need tax revenue. States keep taking it.
https://sourcenm.com/2022/12/23/tribes-need-tax-revenue-states-keep-taking-it/