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First Nations’ Law in Country
First Nations’ Law in Country

We are asserting the First Nations traditional concept of Law in Country and that We Are Law Keepers of Country.

 Or more direct: We Are Country, Country Is Us.

(Artwork Stephanie Everett)

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Uncle Jim Everett Puralia Meenamatta, Elder and philosopher, has been defending native forests in Lutruwita/Tasmania from logging.

In the face of colonial law, Uncle Jim writes, First Nations people need to honour our commitment to Country and fight for the future of our lands before colony-imposed climate change becomes a death sentence for our world.

IndigenousX, 30 Dec 2024

There Is No Other World: Country & Politics
There Is No Other World: Country & Politics

A transcript of Uncle Jim Everett’s keynote presentation for 2022 Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL). This speech was given in Stanley Burbury Lecture Theatre, University of Tasmania, Nipaluna, Lutruwita.