10 positive ways you can engage with Indigenous issues
- Read up — clue yourself up about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Engage with Indigenous-led media — e.g. Indigenous X and NITV
- Go to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander events — e.g. National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week
- Find out about the traditional custodians in your local area
- Encourage your workplace to do cultural competency
- Volunteer or donate to Indigenous organisations or causes
- Contract with Indigenous suppliers — Supply Nation is a national directory of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses
- Support Reconciliation Action Plans — encourage your workplace to create one
- Read Welcome to Country by Marcia Langton — basically a Lonely Planet for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia
- Support organisations and peak bodies to fight for the rights of Indigenous people
Byline
Shannan Dodson, a Yawuru woman whose family comes from Rubibi (Broome)
