Remembering the Coniston Massacre 1928-2018

[@cometmoon4485]

Great video. We can't just let the memories of these people and Aboriginal culture as a whole fade away.

[@madder6218]

Thank you to everyone for sharing your stories, your culture, and everyone who made this honouring and documentary possible. Thankyou. I have finally, at 31 years, overcome my ingrained shame and understand why these people bear their bodies. So often in white culture, to bare your skin and body is sexualised, especially in ads. These dances are full recognition of themselves with respect to the creator and honouring their family's and way of life with all of the power of what it is to be a woman, with all of who they are. Thank you for this healing. I hope that you always have what you need.

[@wayneshannon4465]

The spirit of our ancestors still walks these lands, thank you my Yulbur Dwayne Ross my niece Barbara Shaw and old man Teddy Long and thank you Tommy Thompson RIP....

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

What is particularly gratifying about this ceremony is the powerful express desire to reach out and understand one another's perspective, which was certainly absent all those years ago when the gun and the spear spoke loudest. The bloke from 36:00 hit the nail on the head. It's in the interest of reconciliation to get to the truth of the matter: don't fictionalise and mythologise, but gather the evidence and come to a proper understanding of what the frontier conflict was really about.

[@liveartrainbow]

With all my respect to the first nations people across the globe

[@JesusChrist_myLordmySavior.]

Very sad what happened to our ancestors 🥹💔, i am an Ankamuthi Man from the far northern peninsula area along the west coast...may we work together with non indigenous people to love and respect each other.

[@jungletheme2094]

I'm so sorry.

[@acab4128]

Respect country men and women ❤

[@honahwikeepa2115]

So tragic. Such a great people 😍.

[@Derek-gs5fr]

🖤💛❤️

[@nigelmorgan3449]

I remember the fight between the rail crews from Thursday Island and the local Aborigines in Port Hedland it was the best fight on the Main Street of town they used a front end loader to scrap up the bodies The rail crews were built like brick shit houses

[@homersimpson6167]

Love to know more got a link

[@nigelmorgan3449]

Link it was a fight between Mt Newman rail builders and a bunch of indigenous towners ther3 was no computers then you should of been there in the 60s

[@marie-ms7qe]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ my aboriginal family I love you so much. My soul hurts what happened to you.. stay strong much love 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😢😢 we will win

[@mollymuch2808]

Let’s also remember the WW2 soldiers who stopped us all from being killed as they butchered there way across south east Asia into Australia and also stopped the maxis from getting rid of all of us who are not Arian

[@brutha4207]

This isn't about WW2

[@colleen2671]

Many indigenous Australians fought in WWII... When they got back to their own country - the Govt was killing them on their own Lands!

[@ralphramirez3671]

How many Mexican villages During the USA Occupation

[@larryparis925]

Yes. But to be fair, how many Native American Peoples were murdered, and villages, towns, and cities were destroyed by the Spanish, Mexicans, and the Vatican?

[@Metztli0]

@@larryparis925Mexicans are native Americans. The European settlers were called ‘Mexicans’ because they lived in Mexico. The same way European settlers call themselves ‘American’s’ living in indigenous land. All of what’s now ‘North America’ was called turtle island. The ‘Mexica’s were indigenous to America before the Europeans settlers divided the continent to keep native Americans out of the U.S.

[@larryparis925]

@@Metztli0 There are several meanings of the terms “Mexico” and “Mexican”, and they are not necessarily consistent with each other. While one application is pre-Columbian, others are not. The common usage today does not refer exclusively to the Indigenous peoples, who have been in the “Americas” - Turtle Island - for at least 12,000 years, having migrated over Beringia and/or the coastline from NE Asia. The most common reference of the term “Mexican” today is to a citizen of the country of Mexico.

[@caraleamark9081]

No political bullshit…no smoking ceremonies, no angry activist. Just a good commemoration and truth telling of a horrid massacre. Al discussed with out guilt laying and with genuine words of hope and reconciliation. The ignorant shitstirrers need to take a lesson from these gentle people. Sure hope they get their national park.

[@fionaforward3358]

Here we go again.Aboriginal version of truth telling.All of them living of the public purse.

[@Derek-gs5fr]

Go join your Queen an ANZAC'S

[@sandrasmith6041]

❤

[@grahamchilds821]

Aboriginals are great people I wish those could make many sons and daughters to support our great people of the land is aboriginals the first and only custodians of the land the large continent that belongs and always will be aboriginal