Yarrtji: Six Women's Stories from the Great Sandy DesertSonja Peter, Pamela Lofts Life stories interwoven with over 700 stunning photographs and reproductions form a journey with these women sharing their country and culture. They are all storytellers, dancers, singers, healers and artists. The stories are told in their own words and their languages are represented. |
Contents
CONTENTS | 7 |
We all got skin name That skin from Tjukurrpa | 20 |
We bin little kids walking long way No motor car Same road we followem | 34 |
bin little bit big now Know for country and know for Law | 64 |
We see white man for first time What that? He like devil | 80 |
Hullo he bin saying I got soup soup for you | 98 |
Common terms and phrases
antbed aunty Balgo big mob bin go bringem bullock bush medicine bush tomato bush tucker camel camp ceremony cookem cooking coolamon crying damper dancing doem painting Dreamtime eatem findem Finish fire fixem flour followem frog frog gettem givem go back go hunting goanna granny Halls Creek havem kanatja karnti kartiya keep going killem Kukatja kumpu Kuninyi Kurnakulu Kururrungku Lamanpanta leavem lightem little bit big little kid living look lukararra makem mangarri Mangkayi Manungka maparn Marti meat Mintirr mother and father Mularn Nakarra Nakarra Nampitjin Nangala Nanyuma Napanangka Napangarti Napurrula Ngantalarra Ngarti Nungurrayi Nyamu Palku Payi Payi Pintubi pussycat puttem rockhole see-em seeds singing sister skin snake soakwater spinifex Stock Route story Sturt Creek takem talk tellem Tjakamarra Tjaliwan Tjama Tjampitjin Tjangala Tjapaltjarri Tjipari tjirrilpatja Tjukurrpa Tjupurrula twofella uncle Walkali walking Warlaparnta Warlpiri wati kutjarra whiteman woman women Yaka Yaka Yawulyu Yayarr Youfella
References to this book
Aboriginal Australians: Black Responses to White Dominance, 1788-2001 Richard Broome No preview available - 2002 |