Two years ago, in ’61, they established the first council for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. There wasn’t a single one of our people on it—just whitefellas. It doesn’t matter what knowledge our people may or may not have. We haven’t been hiding it. The whitefella just isn’t interested.” “But with something as big as this, that could all change.” Simon shrugged. “I doubt it. It’s a structural matter—they view knowledge from a window that has been carefully placed to exclude the kinds of knowledge we have: old knowledge, Indigenous knowledge. What may have begun as an ignoring
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