Ninu grandmother's law
Subtitle: the autobiography of Nura Nungalka Ward
By: [translated by Linda Rive]
Contributors: Thompson, Melissa, author of foreword; Goodall, Heather, author of foreword
Publisher: Magabala Books
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Broome, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781925360547
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Aboriginal Australian Women; Biography; Yankunytjatjara (Australian people); Aboriginal Australians; Social life and customs
Description: Nura Nungalka Ward was a Yankunytjatjara woman from the Central Desert. Nura was born during a time when Central Desert people were leaving their homelands and entering a society they did not know. She was born at Katjikatji and spent her early years living at Ernabella. She was continually running away to join her parents, who were station workers, as she preferred living in the bush and being connected to country. Ninu Grandmothers' Law is a definitive account of a traditional lifestyle and way of thinking. Accompanied by exceptional archival photographs, it is an evocative, compelling chronicle and cultural philosophy of a time almost forgotten. Part biography, part customs manual and food guide, part traditional social history and women's customs and governance, it is a rare testament to one woman's advocacy for her family, people and culture. --Publisher.
Notes: Nura's stories were recorded in her own language and then translated into English by Linda Rive - page 144.

Includes glossary (pages 140-143)

Translated from the Pitjantjatjara.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Ninu; title: Why I am recording my story; title: My family; title: Locations in Nura's story; title: My father and mother; title: My birth; title: My childhood; title: Travelling the country; title: Marries life; title: My working life; title: Grandmother's law; title: Afterword; title: Afterword from the compilers; title: Glossary; title: A note about language; title: A message from Ara Irititja; title: Acknowledgements.