Bush tucker and medicine of the Ndjébbana / Alistair Djalolba James ... [et al.]
- Bib ID:
- 4557399
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Sydney : Pearson Library, 2009
- 32 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781740704021
- 9781740705141
- Series:
- Living with the land.
- Summary:
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Senior Ndjebbana people Alistair Djalolba James, Claire Bawudba and Debbie Mavvindja share knowledge of their country; Babuyakka or Dreaming; seasons; Middjarn or Turtle Dreaming and associated dances and songs; bushtucker - stingray, shellfish, mud mussels, mangrove worms, fruits, vegetables and nuts; traditional healing, healers and medicines; information about why smoking is carried out.
- Notes:
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
- For primary school age.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Food -- Northern Territory -- Maningrida
- Wild plants, Edible -- Northern Territory -- Maningrida
- Wildlife as food -- Northern Territory -- Maningrida
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Maningrida -- Medicine
- Totems -- Northern Territory -- Maningrida
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Maningrida -- Rites and ceremonies
- Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
- Food - Seafood - Shellfish
- Animals - Fish - Stingrays
- Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
- Dance - Ceremonial
- Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever people
- Ndjebbana / Gunavidji / Gunibidji people (N74) (NT SD53-02)
- Environment - Climate and weather - Seasons
- Stories and motifs - Turtles
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Education - Primary - Curriculum
- Ndjebbana / Gunavidji / Gunibidji language (N74) (NT SD53-02)
- Food - Plants
- Food - Preparation - Cooking
- Education - Teaching - Materials
- Food - Bush tucker
- Maningrida (Central Arnhem Land NT SD53-02)
- Other authors/contributors:
- James, Alistair Djalolba
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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