5 videos about colonialism

An Aboriginal Connection

Roger Thomas, professor and director of Wilto Yerlo Center for Australian Indigenous Research and Studies, talks about the Aboriginal experience in Australia.

(3:29)

Bridging the Gap

Arana Collett, a leader in the Maori language revitalization movement, contrasts the Maori and colonial views of the land. Can such a fundamental gap be bridged?

(2:59)

We're People First

Arana Collett, a leader in the Maori language revitalization movement, says that since our world is made up of people, we can only change it for the better by forming good relationships.

(1:10)

What Can We Learn?

Roger Thomas, professor and director of Wilto Yerlo Center for Australian Indigenous Research and Studies, responds to our question of what Western cultures can learn from Aboriginal culture.

(5:13)

What Is Sacred?

Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, explains why Aboriginal understandings of the land have no credibility in wider Australian society.

(2:46)