{"id":9076,"date":"2020-11-09T09:58:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T09:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2020-11-09T09:58:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T09:58:27","slug":"city-puts-indigenous-storytelling-in-spotlight-for-naidoc-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/11\/09\/city-puts-indigenous-storytelling-in-spotlight-for-naidoc-week\/","title":{"rendered":"City puts Indigenous storytelling in spotlight for NAIDOC Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0podcast\u00a0series\u00a0exploring\u00a0the\u00a0storytelling traditions\u00a0of\u00a0our\u00a0local\u00a0Aboriginal\u00a0communities\u00a0will\u00a0be launched today\u00a0as part of\u00a0City of Newcastle\u2019s\u00a0NAIDOC Week celebrations.<br \/>\nProduced through\u00a0the City\u2019s\u00a0Libraries in\u00a0support of this year\u2019s NAIDOC Week theme,\u00a0Newcastle\u2019s First Storytellers: Always Was, Always Will Be\u00a0highlights\u00a0our region\u2019s\u00a0rich\u00a0Indigenous\u00a0culture and history.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Donna Meehan (front) recording the first episode of City of Newcastle's NAIDOC Week podcast.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/City-puts-Indigenous-storytelling-in-spotlight-for\/NAIDOC-Week-podcasts-Donna-Meehan-web.jpg\" alt=\"NAIDOC-Week-podcasts-Donna-Meehan-web.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nNewcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said\u00a0through\u00a0the contributions of contemporary and well-known Newcastle identities, the podcast\u00a0beautifully articulates\u00a0how\u00a0local Aboriginal communities share and tell stories.<br \/>\n\u201cNAIDOC Week\u00a0is\u00a0an important opportunity to\u00a0acknowledge that our nation\u2019s story didn\u2019t begin with European settlement\u00a0and\u00a0recognise that First Nations peoples have occupied and cared for this continent for\u00a0more than\u00a065,000 years,\u201d Cr Nelmes said.<br \/>\n\u201cAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were Australia\u2019s first explorers, first navigators, first engineers, first farmers, first botanists, first scientists, first diplomats, first astronomers and first storytellers.<br \/>\n\u201cOur NAIDOC Week podcasts\u00a0provide\u00a0the\u00a0perfect opportunity to showcase\u00a0the\u00a0region\u2019s\u00a0rich cultural history\u00a0and long tradition of\u00a0Indigenous storytelling.\u201d<br \/>\nThe\u00a0podcast series includes six\u00a0compelling\u00a0episodes,\u00a0which\u00a0can be accessed by searching for \u2018Newcastle Libraries REAL\u2019 on your favourite podcast app, with a new episode added each day.<br \/>\nIt features\u00a0local author and member of the Stolen Generation Donna Meehan;\u00a0John Maynard,\u00a0Professor of Indigenous Education and Research (Indigenous History) at the University of Newcastle and one of the world\u2019s most respected voices on Indigenous history;\u00a0Jake Ridgeway,\u00a0a young singer, songwriter\u00a0and\u00a0performer based in Newcastle; Ray Kelly Jnr, a member of a\u00a0local family\u00a0synonymous with the Aboriginal community of Newcastle and Aboriginal\u00a0Elder William Smith.<br \/>\nArtist, entrepreneur and activist\u00a0Saretta\u00a0Fielding,\u00a0who is a\u00a0member of the\u00a0Wonnarua\u00a0Nation,\u00a0will share her story in the second episode of the podcast,\u00a0while\u00a0a selection of her\u00a0acclaimed artwork,\u00a0design prints, fabrics and fashion items\u00a0will be on display at Wallsend\u00a0Library\u00a0from\u00a08-30 November.<br \/>\nNewcastle Art Gallery is also celebrating NAIDOC Week\u00a0with\u00a0a\u00a0filmed performance\u00a0of local Torres Strait Islander artist\u00a0and singer\u00a0Toby Cedar,\u00a0which\u00a0will be shared on their website and Facebook page,\u00a0while\u00a0Newcastle Museum\u00a0has a permanent exhibition that allows you to learn about the history and technology of\u00a0a\u00a0traditional\u00a0punnah\u00a0(stringy bark) canoe, which was built onsite and is on display at the museum.<br \/>\nTo find out more about our NAIDOC Week activities visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/explore\/things-to-do\/naidoc-week\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/explore\/things-to-do\/naidoc-week<\/a>\u00a0or to\u00a0listen to\u00a0some of our other podcast\u00a0series visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/library\/experience\/digital-programs\/library-podcasts\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/library\/experience\/digital-programs\/library-podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0podcast\u00a0series\u00a0exploring\u00a0the\u00a0storytelling traditions\u00a0of\u00a0our\u00a0local\u00a0Aboriginal\u00a0communities\u00a0will\u00a0be launched today\u00a0as part of\u00a0City of Newcastle\u2019s\u00a0NAIDOC Week celebrations. Produced through\u00a0the City\u2019s\u00a0Libraries in\u00a0support of this year\u2019s NAIDOC Week theme,\u00a0Newcastle\u2019s First Storytellers: Always Was, Always Will Be\u00a0highlights\u00a0our region\u2019s\u00a0rich\u00a0Indigenous\u00a0culture and history. Newcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said\u00a0through\u00a0the contributions of contemporary and well-known Newcastle identities, the podcast\u00a0beautifully articulates\u00a0how\u00a0local Aboriginal communities share and tell stories. \u201cNAIDOC Week\u00a0is\u00a0an important &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/11\/09\/city-puts-indigenous-storytelling-in-spotlight-for-naidoc-week\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;City puts Indigenous storytelling in spotlight for NAIDOC Week&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}