Pitjantjatjara

Lyric Video for Track 13 of UPK#6. By Jeremy Whisky and Cupa Henry - Indulkana Community (This is a lament about a violent relationship.) Poor thing my big sister. Your husband is always beating you. She keeps her home well and looks after her children. (Addressing …

Lyric Video for Track 12 of UPK#6. Liam Tunkin, Amata Community All my family and relations, listen to me. Sickness comes from squalid living. If you do the right things you will live well, have a good life. We should keep things clean; in the past times the land was clean …

Lyric Video for Track 11 of UPK#6. By Harry Shannon, Mimili Standing looking at my home, Mimili. Strong passion and pride is how I feel for this place, continually. And tonight there is reggae music! Tonight there is reggae! Woah, Oh yeah! UPK stands for Uwankara Palyanku …

Lyric Video for Track 10 of UPK#6. Lyrics NHC Group. Melody by Bill Davis. Listen all you fathers and mothers! You must look after your children well and be strong about it so they can grow well, without sickness. Teach your children well, speak well and don’t smoke …

Lyric Video for Track 9 of UPK#6. By Shane Brown, Fregon. (Watjilarinyi, yearning) I sit alone in my home. All the people are gone, they’re a long way away. I am yearning, yearning for my family. UPK stands for Uwankara Palyanku Kanyintjaku; a Pitjantjatjara expression …

Lyric Video for Track 8 of UPK#6. Elijah Connelly from Pipalyatjara A huge bushfire is burning, different places all around are alight Grandfather’s country is on fire and grandfather is weeping; many places on fire. The sacred places are destroyed! The sacred places are …

Lyric Video for Track 7 of UPK#6. Aaron Shannon, from Fregon. One man standing, contemplating his country. He thinks long and hard the story of his country. Father and mother taught him the story and he understood. Who is going to care for and look after this story? Who …

Lyric Video for Track 6 of UPK#6. Written by Anmanari Wells, Melissa Thompson, Beth Sometimes, Stephanie Harrison. I can’t do it without you. You can’t do it without me. The two of us combined makes for good times, To the east to the south to the west to the north …

Lyric Video for Track 5 of UPK#6. Jason Cullinan, writer/singer from Indulkana Community Kungka. Beautiful woman. You’re mine. Nyuntu Ngayuku. Jason Cullinan comes from Indulkana. He is a songwriter and multi instrumentalist. UPK stands for Uwankara Palyanku …

Lyric Video for Track 4 of UPK#6. A song by Katrina Connelly. Written in jail. Music by Darcy Davis. I am here, staying here but thinking I’m really from another place. My family calls to me, calls me to my real home. Sitting, yearning, pining for my home. My country is …

Lyric Video for Track 3 of UPK#6. Franklin Hatches from Fregon. Man you should listen to your family. You talk to me but when I talk to you, you ignore me… Why do you ignore what I am saying to you? You better listen to what we’re all saying. Hey wati, I’m telling …

Lyric Video for Track 2 of UPK#6. Written Bill Davis, Performed Elijah Pinta Connelly, from Pipalyatjara. That man right in front of you is continually miserable. He groans, he behaves like a poor thing. He is sad. That man just over there, he obsesses, he overthinks, he …

This song written and performed by Jeremy Whisky from Indulkana; with him is brother Kupa Henry, Darcy Davis and Jason Cullinan. This is a jubilant celebration of The Tjukurpa, the spirit of the Land and its people, Anangu. Unashamed, brave, proud, All of us! The Tjukurpa …

UPK, Uwankara Palyanku Kanyitjaku (everybody creating and holding the future) is a strategy to achieve well-being through positive, shared vision of the future and thoughtful action by everybody to achieve this vision. UPK finds expression in many different forms from making of …

UPK, Uwankara Palyanku Kanyitjaku (everybody creating and holding the future) is a strategy to achieve well-being through positive, shared vision of the future and thoughtful action by everybody to achieve this vision. UPK finds expression in many different forms from making of …

Empowered Communities is a national reform initiative created by Aboriginal people, for Aboriginal people. In central Australia's Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Lands a collaboration of strong Aboriginal organisations are working together with families, …

Empowered Communities is a national reform initiative created by Aboriginal people, for Aboriginal people. In central Australia's Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Lands a collaboration of strong Aboriginal organisations are working together with families, …

Bush Bands Bash 2017: Desert Rain Band - Bush Bus. Bush Bands Bash is a foot stomping musical celebration under the starry desert sky. Played to an audience of thousands the concert is the biggest annual showcase of Aboriginal desert music in Australia. Presented by MusicNT, …

Bush Bands Bash 2017: Irrunytju Band - Wati Kutju. Bush Bands Bash is a foot stomping musical celebration under the starry desert sky. Played to an audience of thousands the concert is the biggest annual showcase of Aboriginal desert music in Australia. Presented by MusicNT, …

This story was created by Galvin Riley in the italk training program at Alice Springs Correctional Centre. This story was produced by trainees in the italk studios media production program, May to July 2016: Matthew Stevens Mike Wallace Jason Limerick Idmaran Johnson …