Indigenous Culture

The late Lowitja O'Donoghue is being remembered for her trailblazing spirit, with leaders acknowledging she changed Australia's relationship with Indigenous affairs.

A relationship that's built on mutual respect between Australian soldiers, US Marines and traditional owners is empowering the people of Timber Creek and ensuring the protection of their cultural history.

Prominent leaders have united in sympathy to pay their respects to one of the nation's most acclaimed and admired Indigenous leaders, Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this story includes images of an Indigenous person who has died.

Minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney says celebrated Indigenous leader, Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue's legacy will be felt for generations to come.

Yankunytjatjara woman and Indigenous activist, Lowitja O'Donoghue, has died at the age of 91.

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this story includes images of an Indigenous person who has died. Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue, who fought endlessly for the rights of her people, has died aged 91.

Justice reform in Groote Eylandt is being celebrated as a major milestone, allowing local justice groups to influence how community members are sentenced in court.

A comic writer, an Indigenous artist and an app developer are just some of the inspiring young Australians who have won this year's Heywire Trailblazer competition.

With access to precious cultural and linguistic knowledge on country for the first time, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies has expanded its reach outside Canberra.

Melbourne poet Grace Yee has won Australia's richest literary award, the Victorian Prize for Literature, for her debut verse novel, Chinese Fish.

The historic site of the Wave Hill walk-off — a seminal turning point in Australian history — has allegedly been damaged.

South Australia are implementing an Indigenous Voice to Parliament and nominations are opening up for its six-person board.

Noongar man Troy Bennell knows the path to reconciliation is not smooth, but he has generations of footsteps to follow, with his Nana and Dad among those taking big strides in the regional WA town of Bunbury.

Culture, family, colonisation and resistance are some of the themes uniting these acclaimed literary works by First Nations writers from Australia.

Construction workers have discovered Indigenous remains at what is suspected to be a burial site in Warrnambool.

Indigenous social enterprise We Are Warriors will take over Powerhouse Ultimo today with a collection of music, dance art and workshops, turning a day of sorrow into one of power and positivity. 

You may be wondering why the Aboriginal and Palestinian flags will fly together on Survival Day, but sharing the national spotlight with another minority group is not new for activist Paul Silva.

Councils are citing low participation and consultation with First Nations communities as reasons for moving Australia Day ceremonies away from January 26.  

The vibrant handprint display tells hundreds of unique stories about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture and unites some of the country's most respected Indigenous trailblazers.

Yorta Yorta leaders want people to "read the language of the land" after January flooding along the Goulburn River.

As the annual debate rages on, Ballardong traditional owners in WA's Wheatbelt will use January 26 to launch a three-day festival celebrating community and culture in collaboration with the local council.

Santos can now resume laying the pipeline for its Barossa project. But an energy analyst says the project, and others like it, could face further legal challenges without regulatory reform. 

Santos has been granted permission to resume laying an underwater pipeline for its Barossa gas project, north of Darwin, after winning a legal battle against a group of Tiwi Islands elders.

In Alice Springs, addiction has a stranglehold. But a group of local Aboriginal men are hoping to break cycles, one conversation at a time.

Northern Territory boy Tristan Frank was last seen near Balgo in outback Western Australia in 2020. He hasn't been seen since.