10 ways to connect this Reconciliation Week

By Dylan Peisley

Want to get into the mood for Reconciliation Week without even leaving your lounge room?

Here’s a list of ten ways to connect without even having to get dressed for the occasion:

Download these Spotify playlists and enjoy music by talented and brilliant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists
Learn to count to ten in Kaurna language with the Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi
Download Blacademia podcasts from the ‘Baby Academic’, Amy Thunig to hear her interviews with First Nations/Indigenous academics
Head to ABCiview to watch Series 4 of the witty, wacky and sometimes acerbic but always entertaining, Black Comedy
Register to do an online weaving workshop with Tjanpi Weavers or download their step-by-step instructions on how to weave a basket learning from the Tjanpi desert weavers themselves
Check out some deadly Aboriginal people making hilarious TikToks exploring contemporary Aboriginality, here are a few of my faves: @yaaboiitoshii @sari_ella_thaiday @alwyndoolan
Tune into the Healing Foundation as Uncle Jack Charles shares his story
Tune into 989FM Friday mornings to listen to Dr Chelsea Bond and Angelina Hurley on their show ‘Wild Black Women’, where they yarn about all the things that makes them wild that week
Watch this TedTalk by Jacinta Koolmatrie (Adnyamathanha/Ngarrindjeri) on “The myth of Aboriginal stories being myths”
Cruise IndigenousX online to read articles by Indigenous people across the country sharing their knowledge, opinions and experiences

Feature image by Tjanpi Desert Weavers

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