Territory Stories

Angka akatyerr-akert : a desert raisin report

Details:

Title

Angka akatyerr-akert : a desert raisin report,

Creator

Walsh, Fiona, Douglas, Josie,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT,

Date

2009,

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)., The main reasons we made this report are to: - Record some skills and knowledge of Alyawarr people. - Help keeptraditional knowledge alive for younger Alyawarr people. - Give a report to the Alyawarr women who generously shared their time ans expertise in this research.,

Notes

Date:2009, Includes bibliographical references.,

Table of contents

Background -- Lands and communities where Alyawarr people live -- Country, rain and fire -- Picking and processing Desert raisins -- Long ago we lived on bush foods -- Children are learning -- We sell Desert raisins and seeds -- I sell seeds and go to get more -- Alyawarr people collect many different bush foods and medicines -- Glossary of Alyawarr terms used in this report -- School curriculum-linked learning activities: ideas for teachers about Desert raisin -- Other Aboriginal knowledge concepts inter-related to Akayerr (Desert raisin) -- References.,

Language

English,

Subject

Wild Foods, Bush Tucker, Australia, Central, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia, Central -- Bush Tucker, Wild Foods -- Australia, Central, Aboriginal Australian,

Publisher name

Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre,

Place of publication

Alice Springs,

Format

iv, 52 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 x 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

1741581508,

Copyright owner

Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/215404,