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Aboriginal Women Artists and Their Visions of Infinity

NEW ORLEANS — Despite the million-dollar auction price for works by Aboriginal Australian artists in 2007, the controversy about whether or not Australian Aboriginal art should be included in the ...
The Conversation

During NAIDOC Week, many Indigenous women are assigned unpaid work. New research shows how prevalent this is in the workplace

With NAIDOC week coming up, there is already a surge in expectations for extra labour from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in workplaces. Events like NAIDOC Week see employers across the ...
Medical Xpress

Aboriginal women share their stories on keeping the heart strong

More than a decade after committing $130+ billion to Closing the Gap, there has been little improvement in health outcomes experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. A ...
insider.si.edu

First voices : an Aboriginal women's reader / edited by Patricia A. Monture and Patricia D. McGuire

Introduction / Patricia A. Monture and Patricia D. McGuire -- Profiles of Aboriginal Women -- Kohkum would be Mad at me / Patricia A. Monture -- Response to Canada's Apology to Residential Shool ...
Phys.org

We dated a sacred Aboriginal women's site used for birthing ceremonies and discovered 7,000 years' worth of tool making

Investigation of a sacred area at Avon Downs in Jangga Country, Central Queensland, has uncovered evidence of stone tool production in a place that was traditionally restricted to women. We detail our ...
Medical Xpress

Program designed by and for Aboriginal women sees 30% diabetes remission in participants

An innovative study, co-designed by Aboriginal Women, has led to remission of type 2 diabetes. The research described and measured how using Shared Medical Appointments, continuous glucose monitors ...
Phys.org

Systematic racism embedded in Aboriginal women's deaths, study concludes

A Monash University study has found systematic racism within Australia's justice system is linked to 151 Indigenous women's deaths, prompting calls for greater accountability of authorities in ...
The Conversation

We need to better support First Nations women with violence‑related brain injuries. Here’s how

Please be advised this article contains details of family violence. Domestic violence causes disability for women through lasting impacts on their brains. Traumatic brain injury refers to damage to, ...
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Indigenous artists passing on cultural knowledge to next generation

A collective of successful elderly Aboriginal female artists from the Northern Territory's Barkly region, are making sure they pass on cultural knowledge through their work The women come to the ...
The Maui News

Funk, soul and a tribute to Aboriginal roots

One of Australia's most gifted female singers, Aboriginal musician Emma Donovan will make her Maui debut on Saturday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center fronting the acclaimed Melbourne band The ...
CBC.ca

Aboriginal women now make up one-third of Canadian female prison population

The number of aboriginal women in Canadian prisons is on the rise, according to the federal prison watchdog and the Native Women's Association of Canada wants justice officials to do something about ...