Associate Professor Kate Senior in conversation with Daphne Daniels, the Deputy CEO of Yugal Mangi Development & Stronger Futures, and the Editor of the Ngukurr News.

This month's episode of Our Human Experience podcast is in conversation with Associate Professor and medical anthropologist, Kate Senior and the Deputy CEO of Yugal Mangi Development & Stronger Futures and Editor/ co-creator of the Ngukurr News, Daphne Daniels. Kate and Daphne take us on a journey that reveals their 23 years of friendship, and continuing dedication to retrieving dispossessed Indigenous artefacts across Australia that obtain valuable truth in the history of the Ngukurr community. They discuss their creation of the editorial, Ngukurr News and how its positively impacted the Ngukurr community in reconnecting them with Aboriginal ancestral information, alongside providing opportunities for young people to work on a project that is visible and respected. Kate and Daphne play a vital part in the Nations reconciliation process between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and shed light on the importance of truth-telling about Australia’s history in achieving historical acceptance. Most importantly, this episode reveals the continuous strength and resilience shown by remote Aboriginal communities.

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Our Human ExperienceBy University of NewcastleMay 27, 2020