• Guest Episode: For First Nations Storytelling is Self-determination

  • Jul 5 2024
  • Length: 42 mins
  • Podcast

Guest Episode: For First Nations Storytelling is Self-determination

  • Summary

  • Contributing SHADO editor Samara Almonte is back to discuss the power of storytelling through a First Nations worldview with distinguished professor Larissa Behrendt AO. Larissa has a legal background with a strong track record in the areas of Indigenous law, policy, creative arts, education and research. She is a Native Title holder and member of the Yuwaalaraay (yuwalarai) Euahlayi Aboriginal Corporation and is also a member of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council. Larissa is also an award-winning author, filmmaker and host of Speaking Out on ABC Radio. In this episode, Larissa shares about her upbringing as an Aboriginal woman and how storytelling has been a practice for cultural preservation, healing and advocacy for her.


    Additional Resources:


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    • Twenty-Four Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
    • Vision Maker Media – The Premiere Source of Media By and About Native Americans



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