First Nations Perspective - Stories of Nanda Resilience As Told By Elders

This book is an extrapolation of the research Kelly conducted for the doctoral thesis about his people's struggle to come to terms with native title claim processes, in which we are required to prove our connection to land, culture and kin.

List of contents

1. Historical Context 2. Nanda: Who We Are and How We Connect 3. Transfer of Knowledge 4. Connection to Country 5 Connection to Place 6 Sorry Business 7. Mobility - Getting Back to Country 8. Fieldtrip to Kalbarri 9. Fieldtrip to Geraldton 10. Conclusion. Glossary. References

About the author

Steven Kelly is a Nanda man from the Murchison region in the mid-west of Western Australia. In 2017, he completed a PhD dissertation on his family's connection to kin and Country at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. He is a senior lecturer in Aboriginal Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Kelly, Kelly Steven
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032882420
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3288242-0
• No. of pages: 130
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; History, Cultural Studies, RELIGION / General, Linguistics, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spiritualism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Spiritualism, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), Religion: general, Communication Studies, Social and cultural history, Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems, Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems