She s been one of the prime movers in setting up traditional language teaching in Alice Springs. To her and many others, culture and language are intertwined, and are fundamental to the future of the Arrente people. She tells Message Stick about the struggle. Not Lost Thanks to the attempted systematic extermination of Tasmania s indigenous people, not many of the practises and language have survived. But what did survive has flourished, despite the verbal put downs and a general denial of indigenous culture in Tasmania.
Families still collect traditional foods and pass the knowledge on to their children.
It s a struggle alright, as presenter Jim Everett shows the audience what it means to be black and proud in Tassie. Frank s a Pitjantjatjara man, who travels Australia sharing his music. In our music special today he gets to perform on his home country, in the presence of the magnificent Uluru. A restrospective on his career aspirations - this documentary was made last year when boxing was already on his mind. Bob Randell has spent a good portion of his life trying to find out who and where his family are.