STATEMENT ON WATER BUY BACKS. My people are from the Gwydir and MacIntyre Rivers of northern NSW, the Gamilaraay and Wirriyaraay people of the blacksoils and grasslands, the mountains and the streams. We looked after and protected the creeks, the springs and the underground (1) water basin, our country is an important source of water and giver of life for the whole system and we carry that responsibility today. It sustained our way of life and provided food and medicine for our people, like the Nardoo and the Yellow Belly Dhuugaay.

Please read the Gomeroi/Gamilaraay Water Engagement Committee Opening Statement (22/05/21):

"We make the commitment to demonstrate in practice traditional values of patience and listening in building relationships, while working together." "... support and install traditional ceremonial practice in generating a “safe space” for our women who are the life blood of our culture, as our rivers run through the love and birthing of our Grandmothers and remain the umbilical cord, connect our country to Burruguu-ngayi-li..

As this is @naidocweek, it should be a time for healing. For first nations finding more about your own family and traditional ties to country is one of the best ways you can do this. Follow this thread to see my journey. #NAIDOC2021 (1/21). Finding those ties is the best way to keep our culture alive, because even if you have three white grandparents, you still have one who is black. This is something that cannot be broken because those blood lines go back to the Dreaming.