Posted: July 7th, 2010
Today YMAC’s Geraldton office participated in the 2010 NAIDOC Family Fun Day at Bundiyarra.
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| Community celebrates NAIDIC Week. |
YMAC held a stall at the event that offered information to community members about the organisation and native title issues. A big congratulations and thankyou to the Geraldton team who helped set up and run the stall throughout the day, and to everyone who stopped for a chat. Happy NAIDOC Week!
Posted: July 14th, 2009
Mrs Doris Eaton, Aboriginal Elder and YMAC’s Co-Chairperson was announced Female Elder of the Year at Friday night’s NAIDOC Awards in Brisbane.
Mrs Eaton was recognised for her cultural leadership and work with Aboriginal communities in the Pilbara. On receiving the award, she sais her driving force is to make sure younger generations learn strong culture from their Elders.
“Preserving culture is important to make sure the next generation has a sense of identity. Elders need to teach the youth their language, dreaming stories and cultural practices. First learn your own culture and then you can be strong enough to move between the two worlds, to marry Aboriginal and mainstream cultures together.
I’m honoured to receive the award, it’s a good feeling. We need to keep learning and sharing and encouraging each other to move forward.”
Country is our mother, the provider and keeper of cultural belongings. Country and Culture go together. You can’t have one without the other.
Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners and custodians throughout Western Australia, and on whose Country we work. We acknowledge and respect their deep connection to their lands and waterways.
We honour and pay respect to Elders, and to their ancestors who survived and cared for Country.
Our offices are located on Whadjuk Country, Southern Yamatji Country, Kariyarra Country, and Yawuru Country. We recognise the continuing culture, traditions, stories and living cultures on these lands and commit to building a brighter future together.
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