We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Guided by Country and led by Indigenous knowledge – Firesticks works to empower communities across the continent and abroad to care for land, culture and futures.
First Nations fire burning knowledge is living cultural knowledge. Practices are based on connection to Country and local knowledge of the region.
Koalas carry deep cultural significance in many First Nations in eastern Australia.
Central to First Nations sovereignty is food sovereignty – the right to define one’s own food system. The right to produce our own cultural food.
While each First Nation has its own unique customs, traditions and Law, we all see trees as sacred, significant and deserving of protection.
A poem about nuku (water) by Torres Strait Islander woman Tishiko King.
Victor Steffensen yarns with us about reading Country, making friends with fire and protecting ecosystems for future generations.
Taking notice of the small stuff is an important part of First Nations thinking and notions of Country. This can be meditative and ground you in the present moment.
Kaleesha Morris yarns with us about what land back means to her and how land back intersects with language.
Land back is about changing systems that harm Country. It means a reckoning with the unjust ways land was stolen.
Neil Morris of DRMNGNOW yarns with us about what land back means to him and what a land back future could look like.
Join us for our Changing Systems Through Storytelling: Be The Change webinar to hear from First Nations storytellers and learn practical ways to make change with Common Ground.