(gentle music)
- Yaama.
Imagine yourself 234 years ago,
just before the 11 boats
full of convicts and Redcoats
arrived on the east coast of Australia.
Now go back even further
to the Dreamtime, the Burrugu,
when my people had their first fire
and took their first footsteps.
Now, let's move to 2021 and you run my country,
Kamilaroi country.
And think about my people's loss.
We have lost our knowledge,
our values,
our spirituality, our language.
And that knowledge that I mentioned,
was knowledge that was seen as myth.
Now, what I'm proposing is to promote
and celebrate that knowledge
through an opportunity,
as I invite you to come sit at my fire, at my circle,
to listen to Kamilaroi methodology,
of our way of knowing and being,
what it is to be Kamilaroi.
At that fire, it's your opportunity to listen,
and think about the 233 years of -
- of loss, let's say,
and destruction.
And what I want is that opportunity
for you to sit at that fire with your credit card
and build, in partnership, a way forward.
I'm just one little fella, at my fire, help a brother out.
(gentle music)