CANBERRA, Australia — Aborigines in white body paint danced and sang traditional songs in Australia’s national Parliament on Tuesday in a historic ceremony many hoped would mark a new era of race ...

Returning the stolen bodies of Indigenous Australians is ‘the most important act of reconciliation’, but museums can’t keep pace with the rate of surrender ...

Aboriginal elders who perform traditional burials on country could be jailed for two years under the bill, the land council has warned. The Burial and Cremation Bill is set to replace the 67-year-old ...

Sydney Collins’ four years studying art history at the University of Virginia culminated in an Australian Aboriginal ceremony that few in the art world have been privileged to witness. Collins, who ...

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The practice of finger-cutting among the Dani tribe of Indonesia is indeed real, albeit increasingly rare. When grief strikes the Dani people of Papua, Indonesia, women express their sorrow through a ...

Since 2006, the awards have been held to recognise and acknowledge the contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and practitioners make to their families, communities and the ...

Welcome to Country ceremonies have been ousted from a North Queensland council following advice from an Aboriginal corporation. It is understood Burdekin Shire Council voted to adopt its own protocol ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. This article is more than 7 years old. In the Northern ...