Unsettling sustainability: Ngarrindjeri political literacies, strategies of engagement and transformation
Abstract
Introduction Ngarrindjeri Vision for Country Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan (Listen to what Ngarrindjeri people have to say) Our Lands, Our Waters, Our People, All Living Things are connected. We implore people to respect our Ruwe (Country) as it was created in the Kaldowinyeri (the Creation). We long for sparkling, clean waters, healthy land and people and all living things. We long for the Yarluwar-Ruwe (Sea Country) of our ancestors. Our vision is all people Caring, Sharing, Knowing and Respecting the lands, the waters and all living things. Our Goals are: For our people, children and descendants to be healthy and to enjoy our healthy lands and waters. To see our lands and waters healthy and spiritually alive. For all our people to benefit from our equity in our lands and waters. To see our closest friends - our Ngartjis - healthy and spiritually alive. For our people to continue to occupy and benefit from our lands and waters. To see all people respecting our laws and living in harmony with our lands and waters. (Ngarrindjeri Nation 2006 , 5). In South Australia the Ngarrindjeri nation, 2 located at the mouth of Australia's iconic River Murray, has witnessed an ongoing