training

MINGA ABORIGINAL CULTURAL SERVICES PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING TRAINING, WORKSHOPS OR SERVICE FOR GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS, ABORIGINAL ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.

Training

• Aboriginal cultural awareness workshops to create a culturally appropriate service for Aboriginal clients.
• Aboriginal cultural awareness workshops to address ignorance, prejudice and racism.
• Aboriginal cultural awareness workshops for staff and management.
• Dhurga language workshop.

Workshops

• Local Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal history from an Aboriginal perspective, including genealogical and historical research.
• Local Aboriginal Dreamtime stories, (storytelling and symbolic art).
• Demonstration and instruction on bark, wood, grass, stone, shell and fire making technology.
• Campground natural food cookout (pending appropriate permits).
• Aboriginal art using ochre.
• Aboriginal spirituality and cultural beliefs workshop.

Service

• Proof of Aboriginality confirmation based on genealogy.
• Performance and demonstration of traditional smoking ceremony.
• Identification of Aboriginal sites.
• Observance of Aboriginal cultural protocols, ‘welcome to country’.