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[eniar] update July 2004

Welcome to the European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights (ENIAR)
Newsletter with the latest updates, events coming up and what's new on eniar.org

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News

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BBC Journalist claims racist death threats: 'I was Hounded out of Australia for speaking the truth about Aborigines'
http://www.eniar.org/news/bbc10.html
N.B. Thursday 8 July: The Boy from the Block. BBC2's 'This World' reports from Australia on "the story behind the worst race riots the country has ever seen". To be repeated on BBC World.

Chirac veut lutter contre la "dissolution" des peuples premiers. Jacques Chirac defends Indigenous people, and 'collective rights' - an idea the British Government doesn't like - and promises World gathering in Paris in 2006.
http://www.eniar.org/news/chirac1.html

The day white Australians can look in the mirror and say 'I am Aboriginal' is the day their tormented country will start to heal, argues Germaine Greer http://www.eniar.org/news/greer6.html

American Jewish community told: 'you're honoring Australia for misguided policies'
http://www.eniar.org/news/forward.html

'Do Expats think Oz is like Essex with sun and no blacks?' A Style Guru on new Australian Tourist Board Ads
http://www.eniar.org/news/york.html
Major exhibition of Australian indigenous art opens in Athens
http://www.eniar.org/news/ourplace.html

Ancestral bones to return to Australia
http://www.eniar.org/news/michigan.html
Landmark Nuclear waste Victory
http://www.eniar.org/news/Kujani.html

ATSIC reprieve: Government's abolition bill held up by opposition in the Senate
http://www.eniar.org/news/your-voice1.html
Senate review: Have your say on the future of Indigenous Affairs
http://www.eniar.org/news/obrien.html

Redfern, 90 days after the eruption
http://www.eniar.org/news/redfernriots30.html

La antorcha olmpica inicia en Sdney su periplo por los cinco continentes
http://www.eniar.org/news/Galicia.html

Wisdens - the world famous source for Cricket info - doesn't think much of John Howard's opinions on race
http://www.eniar.org/news/primestupidity.html
Why is John Howard's favourite Midnight Oil song 'Beds are Burning'?
http://www.eniar.org/news/Kingston.html

The New York Times says that Aborigines are seeing their hopes betrayed - again
http://www.eniar.org/news/nyt2.html

Aboriginals of Australia: Amnesty International report 2004
http://www.eniar.org/news/ai1.html

British backpackers "want to find out what's happening with Aboriginal land rights"
http://www.eniar.org/news/bbc9.html

Djerrkura, chef de file aborigne australien http://www.eniar.org/news/djerrkura1.html
Djerrkura: Our paternalistic model of government
http://www.eniar.org/news/Djerrkura.html

Didgeridoo mistaken for rocket launcher
http://www.eniar.org/news/Thameslink.html
Brits try to claim the boomerang
http://www.eniar.org/news/Boomerang.html

Reports from 2004 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
http://www.eniar.org/news/permform1.html

Australia's Crimminal Past - A History Lesson for Muslims
http://www.eniar.org/news/pns.html
Democracy - If it's good enough for Iraq why not us?
http://www.eniar.org/news/foley.html

Analysis: The slow march to corporate accountability
http://www.eniar.org/news/Chandler.html

Black health and wealth still behind: new statistics show two steps forward, one step back
http://www.eniar.org/news/stats1.html
Aboriginal health needs $300m: Australian Medical Association
http://www.eniar.org/news/health10.html
Whilst 'binge drinking' is increasingly cited as a big issue for white kids, indigenous communities criticise alcohol bans on them as racist
http://www.eniar.org/news/grog.html

Progress - finally - in 'stolen wages' talks in Queensland
http://www.eniar.org/news/stolen40.html

New Bangarra Dance Company show celebrates the man on the A$50 note: David Unaipon
http://www.eniar.org/news/Bangarra.html
Indigenous Models in Copenhagen
http://www.eniar.org/news/models.html
Indigenous arts marketing and export agency launched
http://www.eniar.org/news/exportagency.html
New auction record set in London for Aboriginal Photographs
http://www.eniar.org/news/lindt.html
What does Bulgarian and Aboriginal music have in common?
http://www.eniar.org/news/harrison1.html
Launch of 'Professional Savages - Captive Lives and Western Spectacle' in London
http://www.eniar.org/news/Poignant.html

Stolen Generations case may go before UN
http://www.eniar.org/news/stolen39.html

Locals and workers drink contaminated water at controversial Ranger uranium mine
http://www.eniar.org/news/jabiluka15.html
Right to a fair trial for Aboriginal people is being dismantled
http://www.eniar.org/news/fairtrial.html
Aboriginal Child caged for 500km drive to jail
http://www.eniar.org/news/caged.html
Black deaths in custody: Letty Scott has been fighting for nearly two decades for the truth about her husband's death
http://www.eniar.org/news/scott1.html

How Indigenous women can take a greater leadership role
http://www.eniar.org/news/Huggins1.html
What is the the 'Anglosphere' concept and why should we worry about it?
http://www.eniar.org/news/anglosphere.html
Noel Pearson: A Fair Place In Our Own Country: Indigenous Australians, Land Rights And The Australian Economy
http://www.eniar.org/news/pearson2.html
Pat Dodson: Beyond the bridges and sorry
http://www.eniar.org/news/dodson4.html

Sydney Harbour's new "dual" names: Opera House now sits on 'Dubbagullee'
http://www.eniar.org/news/sydharbour.html

Updated: Multimedia clips
http://www.eniar.org/news/mclip-archive.html

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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For later events, updates, contact details and web links
http://www.eniar.org/index.html#events

LONDON
Until 11 July; Australian High Commission. Aboriginal Art Exhibition to mark NAIDOC Week 2004 (National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Week)
SANKT AUGUSTIN, GERMANY
Until 31 July Haus der Völker und Kulturen. Different Vision. LONDON
Until 31 July: The Rebecca Hossack Gallery. David Whitaker, Aboriginal
prints.
HET, NETHERLANDS
Until 29 August: Het Aboriginal Art Museum. Zien hoe Aboriginal kunstenaars beesten en geesten uit hun omgeving afbeelden (how aboriginal artists represents animals and spirits from their surroundings)
KLOSTERNEUBURG, AUSTRIA
Until 29 August: The Essl Collection of Contemporary Art: Spirit + Vision - Aboriginal Art. Apart from the presentation of traditional Aboriginal Art, the exhibition focuses on new tendencies and new media, the so-called Urban Art.
ATHENS
Until 30 August: Benaki Museum. 'Our Place - Indigenous Australia Now', Australian Indigenous art and cultural artefacts (part of Cultural
Olympiad).
UTRECHT
Until 12 September: Aboriginal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands. Brenda L. Croft - Images
BBC
8 July: The Boy from the Block. BBC2 This World reports from Australia on the story behind the worst race riots the country has ever seen. Shows later on BBC World
BANGKOK
11-16 July: XV International AIDS Conference
LONDON
15 July: Royal Society: Lecture by Germaine Greer, 'Reconciliation is not enough'.
GENEVA
17 - 18 July 2004: Preparatory meeting for indigenous peoples, Indigenous Peoples Programme, World Council of Churches
GENEVA
19 - 23 July: UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP), "Indigenous Peoples and Conflict Resolution" / Aboriginal women artists from W Kimberley.
READING, UK
23-25 July; Womad UK, Reading ARHUS, DENMARK
25 - 31 July: Bruun's Galleri. Yilpinji, Love, Magic & Ceremony BARCELONA
27-31 July: Didg Week
SIDMOUTH, UK
30 July - 6 August; Sidmouth Folk Festival
ECUADOR
August - to be confirmed: Conference of Indigenous Children and Youth
BARCELONA
1-3 August: Tribales Festival
LONDON
5 August - 4 September: The Rebecca Hossack Gallery. Ampilatwatja flowers.
DEVON, UK
6 - 8 August: Didjin Devon, UK's premier didjeridu event.
AUSTRALIA
6-9 August: Garma Festival of Traditional Culture and Yidaki Master Class
with Djalu Gurruwiwi
EISENBACH
6 - 8 August: Australien Weekend im Schwarzwald
PéCS / BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
August 12 - 22: World Folkloriada Folk Art Festival
AIRVAULT, FRANCE
16-18 August: French Didge Festival
BARCELONA
17 - 21 August: Universal Fòrum of Cultures 2004
BURNTWOOD, UK
20 - 22 August; Burntwood Folk Festival
GENEVA
27 August: Deadline for 2005 Fellowship Application, Indigenous Fellowship
Programme at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
AUSTRIA
27-29 August: Austria Didge- Festival
WORLD
29 August: International Day of Indigenous People
GENEVA
30 August - 26 November - International Labor Organisation. Indigenous and
Tribal Peoples Fellowship Programme
GENEVA
1-4 September: International Conference on System Science in Health Care
CARDIFF
2-5 September; British Australian Studies Association Biennial Conference
2004, 'Projecting Australia'.
DORSTEN, GERMANY
3 September: Down under im Pott: Didgeridoo und Weltmusik Festival.
LOSHEIM AM SEE, GERMANY
3-5 September: Australien & Afrika Festival
LONDON
9 September - 9 October: The Rebecca Hossack Gallery. Maningrida burial
poles
CALGARY, CANADA
13 + 14 September: 3rd Annual Forum Aboriginal-Energy Partnerships
GENEVA
13-24 September: Working Group on the Draft United Nations Declaration on
the rights of indigenous peoples
ICELAND
15-18 September: Yolngu performance and yidaki course.
LONDON
25 Sep - 1 Oct: UpOverDownUnder Film Festival

For later events, updates, contact details and web links
http://www.eniar.org/index.html#events

New Gallery: Burunga Festival by waynequilliamphotography.com. Aboriginal people from all parts of the Northern Territory gather in Barunga for four days of dancing, athletics, arts and crafts.
http://www.eniar.org/events/gallery12.html

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ACTION

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From 1904 to 1987, the Queensland Government withheld or underpaid wages earned by Aboriginal workers. Aboriginal stockmen and domestic workers were the underpaid backbone of the pastoral industry for much of the 20th Century.

Although progress has been made, the campaign for the return of 'STOLEN WAGES' continues.

YOU can help.

For more information about the campaign and the issues involved
http://www.eniar.org/action/stolen.html

Email: thepremier@premiers.qld.gov.au

Latest news
http://www.eniar.org/news/stolen-news.html

This campaign has recently been extended. For decades the New South Wales Government literally stole the money of Aboriginal people who it said were under its care and protection. The sums run to millions of dollars. Now they demand documentary proof from claimants - despite them destroying it! http://www.eniar.org/news/antar8.html

Email: bob.carr@www.nsw.gov.au

HEALTH
There is a hidden health emergency in Australia that demands our immediate attention. Indigenous people now have a life expectancy more than twenty years less than other Australians, and Indigenous infants are dying at the
same rate as babies in some of the most impoverished developing countries.What can I do? Find out in our new health information section
http://www.eniar.org/news/health.html

PROTEST
Reversing a century of progress in the recognition of human rights, the UK government has now decided that collective human rights do not exist. If allowed to become official policy, this threatens to harm tribal peoples
around the world.

YOU can help by writing to the UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and your local MP
http://www.eniar.org/news/survival2.html

A PRO BONO lawyer is sought by a South Australian group for a reparations test case in the UK
http://www.eniar.org/news/byrt.html

DONATE to the Ngarrindjeri Kumarangk Ferry Project
http://www.ngarrindjeri.org/

SUPPORT the Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta in their fight against a nuclear waste dump on their land.

The nuclear industry in Australia is gearing to undergo a massive expansion. The Federal Government is now proposing a national radioactive waste dump in the central desert homelands of South Australia. The dump will open the door to high level waste and threaten country and culture for thousands of years.
http://www.eniar.org/action/crights.html

ENIAR is now accepting donations, which will help support our website and other activities. For donation information as well as details on further campaigns and other suggestions on how you can help
http://www.eniar.org/action/

CONTRIBUTE your help to eniar.org: We welcome contributions of clippings, particularly from Europe in languages other than English - we are also looking for translation assistance with Spanish, German, French and Italian. translate for us? ¿traduzca para nosotros? traduisez pour nous? traduca per noi? übersetzen Sie für uns? If you can help then email webmaster@eniar.org
See European languages http://www.eniar.org/lang/

WEBMASTERS
Please add a link to our website - we will reciprocate. There is a banner which you can use
http://www.eniar.org/action/webmaster.html

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INFORMATION

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ENIAR external links to websites and documents have been extensively updated. Particularly 'Arts + Culture'
http://www.eniar.org/info/links2.html
and 'Indigenous Organisations'
http://www.eniar.org/info/links3.html
New Health information section
http://www.eniar.org/news/health.html
Updated: Information for Aborigines about campaigning in Europe
http://www.eniar.org/info/euro.html
New: United Nations clippings
http://www.eniar.org/info/euroun.html#news

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WHAT PEOPLE TELL US

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"All of us at ANTaR never cease to be full of admiration for the work of ENIAR and as I said last Friday, for "sticking" through these difficult days of the Howard years. The web-site is outstanding and we have frequently had reports back of ENIAR's activities from Aussies in the UK - from those attending festivals to those at the opening night of Rabbit Proof Fence. Perhaps more important than the activities has been the solidarity. These
have not been easy years for those of us in the reconciliation struggle. It has been made easier to know that the good people of ENIAR have kept the flag flying on the other side of the planet. Many thanks."

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