Ngoonjook Edition 35

Ngoonjook Edition 35 A journal of Australian Indigenous Issues

Ngoonjook seeks to make relevant material available to an Indigenous readership and to all those interested in Indigenous Australian issues. Themes explored include: education, health, cultural identity, natural and cultural resource management, the arts and linguistics.

Articles in this issue:

• What’s in a word? Word form and meaning in a Ngaatjatjarra traditional story by Elizabeth Ellis and Michaela Wilkes
• Ngapartji Ngapartji by Beth Sometimes
• Koorie footprints to higher education: a case study by Kate Zizys
• Living in the mainstream by Ailsa Purdon
• Anmatyerr Angkety Angkwey: Anmatyerr stories about the old days by Margaret Carew
• Language and identity: a speech by Kiah Perry
• Akwetant anwantherr mpwarerl-apetyek: we’ve got to keep on doing it by Gail Woods
• Languages of revival: understanding a new type of Aboriginal language by Dr Christina Eira
• Language and linguistic knowledge: a cultural treasure by Jeanie Bell
• No Warlpiri, no school? A preliminary look at att endance in Warlpiri schools since introducing the First Four Hours of English policy by Greg Dickson