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Podcast 57. Nikunu Yunupingu and Richard Trudgen explore questions about the work of anthropologists.

Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM discusses with Richard Trudgen about the Adjustment Movement on Elcho Island, back in 1957, and how is affecting Yolngu people now.

Podcast 50. This is the third podcast in the series where Richard Trudgen talks with Nikunu Yunupingu all about the NLC. What do they do? Who's in charge? What things are being talked about in the legal chamber of NLC? click here to find out more.

Maratja Dhamarrandji and Richard Trudgen discuss the ongoing confusion about who the real landowners are, and who are the TOs, as the Lands Council calls them, or the ‘Traditional Owners’. One of the big problems is mainstream Australians (Balanda) think Yolŋu law is just some little thing, rather than a very complex legal system full of its own witnesses, evidences and checks and balances. Even anthropologists, and some Yolŋu people themselves, do not understand the complexities of Yolŋu law, so they ask Balanda lawyers from Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne etc., to tell them who the traditional landowners are.

Podcast 59. Nikunu Yunupingu and Richard continue the conversation about anthropology and anthropologists and how this relates to land rights.

Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM and Richard Trudgen continue to discuss the 1957 Adjustment movement on Elcho Island and how we can change it around now.

Podcast 51. This is the fourth podcast about the NLC. Richard Trudgen and Nikunu Yunupingu discuss the confusion around the Northern Lands Council and the lack of information Yolngu Estate owners receive about their land and their rights to their land.

Maratja Dhamarrandji and Richard Trudgen talk about how Yolŋu people have lost their humanity, their respect for the law and for each other that used to be there when Yolŋu leaders applied the original Australian law. Richard talks about how only a few decades ago, Arnhem Land communities were among the safest in Australia. Now, with the loss of culture, identity and leadership, Yolŋu people are attacking each other, youths join gangs and there is more domestic violence and lawlessness than ever before.

Podcast 60. This is the fifth podcast talking about the NLC. Nikunu Yunupingu and Richard Trudgen continue the conversation about the Aboriginal Land Rights Act and the role of the Northern Land Council.

Maratja Dhamarrandji and Richard Trudgen discuss Yolngu system of law that created the ancient trade tracks that criss-crossed the nation.

Maratja Dhamarrandji continues to question what is evidence from a Balanda law perspective. And shows Richard the checks and balances that already exist in Yolngu law.

Podcast 51. This is the fourth podcast about the NLC. Richard Trudgen and Nikunu Yunupingu discuss the confusion around the Northern Lands Council and the lack of information Yolngu Estate owners receive about their land and their rights to their land.

Maratja Dhamarrandji and Richard Trudgen discuss how Yolŋu are legally ‘restrained’ or protected under their system of Madayin rom, Yolŋu law. They discuss the stages in which Yolŋu learn about the law through initiation processes and discipline of their mind, body and soul, that continues right through their lives, starting from when they are very small children.

Podcast 60. This is the fifth podcast talking about the NLC. Nikunu Yunupingu and Richard Trudgen continue the conversation about the Aboriginal Land Rights Act and the role of the Northern Land Council.

Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM and Richard Trudgen discuss customary law, democracy and dictatorship and how these apply to both Balanda and Yolngu systems of law.