Indigenous Culture

Groote Eylandt's Indigenous communities celebrate the return of 174 artefacts from the Manchester Museum, saying the move has encouraged them to start making and using them again.

Iconic artist Vincent Namatjira was the first Indigenous artist to win the Archibald Prize, with his bold portrait of Adam Goodes. Now, his vibrant portraits will be on display in a very special survey exhibition. 

A senior Indigenous leader criticises revellers for drinking on the sacred 2.7 billion-year-old rock, saying festival organisers and attendees "need to go read a bit of history".       

Leonardo DiCaprio teams up with acclaimed director Martin Scorsese once again on the epic movie, 'Killers of the Flower Moon'. The movie based on the true story of the Osage nation and how oil and greed led to a dark time in US history also star Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone. The stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone share the journey of filming the epic movie.

Ancestral remains repatriated from Britain have been reburied in a moving ceremony on Ngarrindjeri country in South Australia's Coorong — more than 100 years after they were taken.

A seven-year battle to prevent a radioactive medical waste facility being built on lands of the Barngarla community in South Australia has been recognised with an Australian Conservation Foundation award.

This year's festival on the far-south coast of New South Wales will feature Deadly Award-nominated soul singer Emma Donovan, Kamilaroi and Tongan singer Radical Son and Darwin-born rapper J-Milla.

On the one hand, is a $3 billion development to accommodate thousands of families. On the other, is a burial site that is of immeasurable cultural significance. The problem? They are both on the same ground.

Construction of a multi-billion-dollar estate in South Australia is also the site of one of state's most significant Indigenous burial grounds.

More than 50 lawyers and academics are urging the federal parliament to ensure pending changes to the basin plan tangibly improve how it incorporates First Nations' aspirations and values.

For many Murray-Darling Basin communities, the water provides far more than what's grown on the land. Talk of drought and water buybacks have some worried about the future.

A group of Indigenous rangers are learning new skills to protect and preserve the culturally significant lands of Yunbenan or Magnetic Island.

A moving rendition of The Last Post, recorded on top of the Sydney Opera House, features jazz virtuoso James Morrison and didgeridoo player Mark Atkins, symbolises how Indigenous and non-Indigenous soldiers fought side by side.

When Lavene Ngatokorua steps onto her ancestral country at Aroona in South Australia's southern Flinders Ranges, she feels the weight of wthat happened there more than 170 years ago.

A group of Yolngu elders and artists travelled from Arnhem Land to regional NSW to open an art exhibition focusing on truth telling and global warming.

Walbunja elder Bunja Smith explains the significance of the Biamanga Cultural Area ahead of it's official reopening following the Black Summer bushfires.

A NSW cultural area crucial to the initiation of Indigenous boys on their journey to manhood is reopening years after the Black Summer bushfires.

From the Yirrkala Bark Petition to the Barunga Statement, Yolngu art has been a powerful political tool. Miwatj Yolngu, an art exhibition on the south coast of New South Wales, hopes to continue this legacy.

A culturally significant tree in Adelaide's foothills that is thought to be more than 450 years old has been brought back to life through community efforts with Kaurna elders.

Ancient Aboriginal rock carvings have been vandalised on the New South Wales Central Coast leaving First Nations residents heartbroken.

An organiser of the first exhibition at a new $30 million cultural centre says Victorian Aboriginal artists "really put themselves out there" with their stories and styles.

There are calls for better education about Aboriginal cultural heritage sites after rock carvings dating back thousand of years were vandalised at separate sacred sites in NSW.

Mechelle Turvey, whose son Cassius was killed in October 2022, is recognised for her advocacy work to prevent violence and in training police officers to show empathy when dealing with victims of crime. 

Indigenous elder Mick Gooda says the backlash in Queensland after the failure of the Voice referendum has been greater than he expected.

An emergency injunction granted to a Tiwi Islands traditional owner by the Federal Court has halted construction of the project's underwater gas export pipeline for several weeks.