{"id":3711,"date":"2008-07-29T15:13:19","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T15:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/2008\/07\/ngapartji-ngapartji-press-release-on-australian-indigenous-languages\/"},"modified":"2011-02-05T07:46:51","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T07:46:51","slug":"ngapartji-ngapartji-press-release-on-australian-indigenous-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paradisec.org.au\/blog\/2008\/07\/ngapartji-ngapartji-press-release-on-australian-indigenous-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Ngapartji Ngapartji press release on Australian Indigenous  languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ngapartji Ngapartji has launched a policy paper regarding Australian Indigenous languages.  You can download it [.pdf] from  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngapartji.org\/content\/view\/19\/79\/\">their website<\/a>.  The press release is below.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>PRESS RELEASE JULY 29th 2008.<\/strong><br \/>\nIndigenous languages a key to delivering better health and education<br \/>\noutcomes for indigenous Australians<br \/>\nSince colonisation Australia has suffered the greatest &#038; most rapid<br \/>\nloss of languages in the world. Today, only 145 of 300 indigenous<br \/>\nlanguages are still spoken in Australia, of these110 are critically<br \/>\nendangered.<br \/>\n&#8220;Everyone needs to be able to understand and communicate with<br \/>\ngovernments in their own language as well as in English if education<br \/>\nand health programs and services are to be effective&#8221; said Alex Kelly,<br \/>\nCreative Producer of Big hART&#8217;s Ngapartji Ngapartji project.<br \/>\nNon-Indigenous educators, police, youth workers and medical workers<br \/>\nare often hampered by not being trained in local languages or<br \/>\nculturally appropriate modes of communication.<br \/>\nSuccessive governments have ignored indigenous cultural norms,<br \/>\nknowledge and governance structures. Despite the millions of dollars<br \/>\nbeing spent it is clear that the existing policies are not overcoming<br \/>\nindigenous disadvantage at an acceptable rate.<br \/>\n&#8220;Closing the communications gap will help win the fight to close the<br \/>\nhealth and education gap between indigenous and non-indigenous<br \/>\nAustralians&#8221; Kelly continued.<br \/>\n&#8220;The National Apology to the Stolen Generation was an important first<br \/>\nstep in a long journey of healing that includes helping people revive<br \/>\nand maintain languages and culture.<br \/>\n&#8220;A national languages policy should be geared towards addressing the<br \/>\ndisplacement and loss of languages faced by Australia&#8217;s indigenous<br \/>\npeople or this is the next thing we will be apologising for&#8221; concluded Kelly.<br \/>\nBig hART&#8217;s Ngapartji Ngapartji is a long-term intergenerational<br \/>\nlanguage and arts project based in the Central Desert.<br \/>\nThe team is today launching a paper on the need for a concerted<br \/>\nfederal focus on indigenous languages.<br \/>\nThe four page paper is available as a PDF to download via the website<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.ngapartji.org\/content\/view\/19\/79\/<br \/>\nFor more information or a copy of the paper contact Alex Kelly,<br \/>\nCreative Producer 0422777590, alex AT  ngapartji.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ngapartji Ngapartji has launched a policy paper regarding Australian Indigenous languages. 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