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First Nations First

First Nations First

By: SBS
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Follow stories concerning First Nations peoples and Indigenous Australia, with this collection of reports and interviews from the SBS News team.Copyright 2025, Special Broadcasting Services Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Reflections at Garma on how the Kumanjayi Little Baby case became a symbol of unity

    Reflections at Garma on how the Kumanjayi Little Baby case became a symbol of unity
    Aug 2 2026
    The theme at this year's Garma festival is Bukmak, which means everyone in Yolngu language — an expression of unity and a celebration of the diversity of modern Australia. And it was the tragic death of one five-year-old little girl, Kumanjayi Little Baby in April that has become a powerful symbol of what's possible when a community comes together.
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    8 mins
  • Bluey speaks Yolŋu Matha in a special appearance at the Garma Festival

    Bluey speaks Yolŋu Matha in a special appearance at the Garma Festival
    Aug 1 2026
    The Garma Festival is underway in northeast Arnhem Land, with the four-day event showcasing traditional Yolŋu art, song, dance and storytelling. Hosted by the Yothu Yindi Foundation, this year’s festival is expected to attract about two-thousand guests, including Australia’s most famous blue heeler, Bluey.
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    2 mins
  • INTERVIEW: Organising the Garma Festival

    INTERVIEW: Organising the Garma Festival
    Jul 31 2026
    The Garma Festival is on this weekend. running until Monday, with delegates from around the country attending the major First Nations cultural event in north-east Arnhem Land. It's Australia's largest Indigenous cultural gathering and thousands of people are in attendance at Gulkula. The theme for 2026 is Bukmak, which means 'everyone'. In the Yolŋu Matha language, Garma refers to a two-way learning process, recognising everyone has knowledge to share, and respecting difference and exchange. It's organised by the Yothu Yindi Foundation, and for this edition of Weekend One on One, NITV Radio's Lowanna Grant has been speaking to the organisation;s CEO Denise Bowden:
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    23 mins
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