Indigenous or Aboriginal

Posted by on May 3, 2008, 10:58am, 1,962 views,  2 comments

Aboriginal initiationI find myself agreeing with former ATSIC chairwoman Lowitja O’Donoghue who decries the use of the word “indigenous”. Like me, O’Donoghue prefers “Aboriginal”.

“I really can’t tell you of a time when ‘indigenous’ became current, but I personally have an objection to it, and so do many other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,” she said.

“This has just really crept up on us … like thieves in the night.” Read more