Audio: Kado Muir talks on the Walkajurra Walkabout journey - 3CR
3CR 'Radioactive show' recorded Kado Muir on the Walkajurra Walkabout - walking for Country - The full interview - http://www.3cr.org.au/radioactive/podcast/radioactive-show-08062013
Walkajurra Walkabout was led by the Walkatjurra Rangers, in partnership with Footprints for Peace, Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA), the Anti Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia (ANAWA) and the Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA).
Walkajurra Walkabout – Walking for Country
Provided opportunities for community members to undertake cultural maintenance activities, for youth to learn and for elders to promote their culture to others and develop opportunities for training and livelihoods based on cultural enterprises. Ranger group activities also provide inspiration in the community for cultural expressions in the art project by allowing access to country and traditional lands.
The objectives of the Walkatjurra Ranger Program are to:
- Increase the ability of Aboriginal people in the Region to interact with and manage their heritage and environmental assets
- Develop leadership in Aboriginal people, through increased informed decision making in heritage and environmental asset management
- Provide meaningful livelihood opportunities for Aboriginal people through cultural activities on country
- Generate partnerships between local communities and resource industry, Government, and professional organizations
- Contribute to the development of a new paradigm in heritage management for the Region
- Lift the profile of Aboriginal people within the Region through strategic training and employment opportunities
Walkajurra Walkabout – Walking for Country was led by the Walkatjurra Rangers, in partnership with Footprints for Peace, Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA), the Anti Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia (ANAWA) and the Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA).