Ngoonjook · 1989 · 18 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesHistoryReligionCultureLinguistic AnthropologySociolinguisticsAuthorityHistory Of EducationPower In SchoolsSacred TextsElder-led Language TransmissionLanguage Ideologies In EducationPower Relations In EducationSacred GestureSacred LanguageSacred SymbolismSacred Symbols
Before the Balanda arrived: - we had only Yolngu education. - taught by elders. - old men had power to teach young men, this power came from the sacred language they knew.