Indigenous or Aboriginal

May 3, 2008, 10:58am, 831 views,  2 Comments

I 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