Traditionally Talking

Rueben Berg, proud Gunditjmara man and First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria Co-Chair, talks about self-determination in Victoria and what that really means.

Dr Michelle Evans, inaugural Director of Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership, talks to Charles Pakana about First Nations procurement and Indigenous business leadership.

Kayla Bowden, Barkindji woman and Cultural Ranger and Sheridan Stephens, Nursery Manager, talk to Charles Pakana about the First Peoples of the Millewa Mallee nursery seed collection, growing and revegetation as a cultural and economic enterprise.

Kath and Maya Coff, Yorta Yorta women, talk to Charles Pakana about Nalderun Education Aboriginal Corporation programs using bush tucker as a cultural, education and economic development pathway.

Paul Paton, Gunnai and Monaro man and CEO of the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations, talks to Charles Pakana about Federation's 10 year anniversary.

Mike Nurse, Director of Cultural and Natural Resource Management Policy and Programs at the Taungurung Land and Waters Council, talks to Charles Pakana about the Corop Wetlands Complex and Traditional Owner Game Management Strategy.

Dr Terri Janke, Solicitor Director of Terri Janke & Co., talks to Charles Pakana about Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP).

Dr Janke is a Wuthathi/Meriam woman and an international authority on ICIP, known for innovating pathways between the non-Indigenous business sector and Indigenous people in business. 

Daniel Miller, Yuin man and CEO of the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, talks to Charles Pakana about the practice of cultural burning.