By First Peoples Worldwide

The world is welcoming its newest government – the Republic of Murrawarri, a nearly 82,000 square kilometer territory stretching across northern New South Wales and Queensland in Australia, has declared its independence as a sovereign nation.

By Colin Rosemont

The   Tufts   University  Art  Gallery presents  Aboriginal Australian artist Richard  Bell:  Uz  vs.  Them,  from  September  8  to  November   20. Tufts   University   will   be  the  first  of  four  venues  to  host  this  mid-­?career   survey   exhibition   of   works   by  contemporary   Australian   Aboriginal  artist   Richard   Bell,   the   first-­?ever   U.S.  tour   of   Bell’s   work.  

On January 10th, Australia´s first Indigenous political party was officially registered and will participate in the next federal election and Northern Territory (NT) state elections.  Indigenous people are estimated to make up about 2.7 percent of the Australian population and 32 percent of Northern Territory residents are Indigenous.