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A project that started as a classroom experiment to familiarise School Children with prominent Indigenous Australians has turned into a popular Facebook Campaign...

For years, young Indigenous boxers fought in 'a round or two for a pound or two', touring tent boxing circuses. Legendary talents were born under these tents such...

Soprano Deborah Cheetham's Pecan Summer tells the story of Ella and her family who, in 1939, lived on the Cummergunja Mission until the cruelty of the Mission...

Women's Indigenous All Stars

NITV brings you live coverage of the Women’s Indigenous All Stars.

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LIVE Stream the Woman's Indigenous All Stars

NITV brings you live coverage of the Women’s Indigenous All Stars.

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NRL Women's Indigenous All Star team announced

The NRL Women’s Indigenous All Stars team has been announced, including 8 debutants ready to make their mark in a promising sign for the future of women’s rugby...

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Totems empower NRL Indigenous All Stars

The inspiration behind the 2017 NRL women’s and men’s Indigenous All Stars jersey stems from artwork designed by Chern’ee Sutton.

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NRL All Stars team announced for 2017

Indigenous All Stars Coach Laurie Daly and World All Stars Coach Mal Mengina have announced their 20 man squads, ahead of the 2017 NRL All Stars match in February...

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Thaiday, Reynolds out of All Stars clash

The NRL All Stars match has once again been hit by a spate of withdrawals with Sam Thaiday, Adam Reynolds, Will Chambers and Jake Trbojevic among seven players to...

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NRL Indigenous All Stars youth summit kicks off

While the NRL All Stars culminates in a game this Friday night, the annual Youth Summit is one of the biggest highlights of the week.

COMMENT

COMMENT: Take me to your Aboriginal leader?

As we wait for the Prime Minister to announce the new line up of the next incarnation of the Indigenous Advisory Council, it is a good time to reflect on the term...

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Looking back at the life and times of Aboriginal boxers of yesteryear

In the lead up to #MundineGreen2, NITV takes a look back at some prominent Aboriginal boxers of yesteryear.

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100 Days of Deadly Mob

A project that started as a classroom experiment to familiarise School Children with prominent Indigenous Australians has turned into a popular Facebook Campaign...

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COMMENT: What does it take to truly be 'One of Us'?

A question posed in a survey on national identity from countries around the globe has sparked controversy. The findings suggest that your birthplace may not be as...

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Ancestors welcomed home in bittersweet burial

Five sets of Aboriginal remains have been returned to the Wellington Aboriginal community in western New South Wales to finally be buried on country.

The Conversation

COMMENT: In Australia, land of the 'fair go', not everyone gets an equal slice of the pie

Do you feel like live within a 'fair go' system?

Pecan Summer

Soprano Deborah Cheetham's Pecan Summer tells the story of Ella and her family who, in 1939, lived on the Cummergunja Mission until the cruelty of the Mission Manager could no longer be tolerated.

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Pecan Summer

Soprano Deborah Cheetham's Pecan Summer tells the story of Ella and her family who, in 1939, lived on the Cummergunja Mission until the cruelty of the Mission Manager...

Moments in Aboriginal History

Pecan Summer; commemorating the anniversary of the Cummeragunja Walk-off

Pecan Summer is a contemporary opera telling a historic story, and NITV commemorates the Cummeragunja walk-off through Deborah Cheetham's music this Saturday.

Performing Arts

A short, black history of Indigenous opera singers

From the cane fields of Queensland to New York’s Juilliard School of Music, Indigenous opera singers have been blowing us away with their phenomenal talent since...

PECAN SUMMER

Pecan Summer gets ready for their first performance at the Sydney Opera House

Opera Pecan Summer tells the emotionally impacting story of Alice, a Yorta Yorta girl in 1939 whose world becomes torn apart. Deborah Cheetham's cast is gearing...

Weekend Playlist

Weekend Playlist - Aboriginal Opera

As Indigenous Opera Pecan Summer gets ready for its first performance at the Sydney Opera House, NITV has selected some classical gems by Australia's first peoples

Stolen Generations

Explainer: the Stolen Generations

An in-depth look at the Stolen Generations including the policies and their impact on generations on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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'Not just entertainment': Deborah Cheetham on the power of the arts

From Jessica Mauboy to Nakkiah Lui, Indigenous Australians are making their mark in the entertainment scene. Opera singer Deborah Cheetham says this new wave of...

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Traditional Owners React to Yeelirrie uranium project

Traditional Owners of the Northern Goldfields have reacted to the West Australian Government’s decision to proceed with the development of a proposed Uranium mine...

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Crowdfunding campaign for champion of Indigenous patients' rights

Colleen Lavelle, a Wakka Wakka woman and mother of four who has living with multiple brain tumours since 2010, has started a GoFundMe page to help cover some of...

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