<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><h1 style="font-size:1.4em;margin:0.6em 0em;line-height:1.3em;color:rgb(0,153,204);font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES</h1><div class="" style="font-size:16px;margin:2px 10px 0px;width:380px;float:right;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><img src="http://news.aboriginalartdirectory.com/photos/aboriginal_languages_image1_1.jpg" alt="ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES" width="380" height="285" style="border: 0px;"><p style="font-size:0.7em;line-height:1.2em;padding:0.3em 0em 0.6em;margin:0px"><i>A contemplative Ernie Dingo thinks about the importance of language.</i></p></div><p style="font-size:9pt;line-height:1.5em;padding:0.3em 0em 0.6em;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">Posted by <b>Jeremy Eccles</b> | 05.10.14</p><p style="font-size:9pt;line-height:1.5em;padding:0.3em 0em 0.6em;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Author:</b> Jeremy Eccles<br><b>News source:</b> Press Release<br></p><p style="font-size:9pt;line-height:1.5em;padding:0.3em 0em 0.6em;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">AUS</p><p style="font-size:9pt;line-height:1.5em;padding:0.3em 0em 0.6em;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">I've just discovered a new TV series starting TONIGHT about Indigenous languages - such a key element in maintaining culture for Aboriginal people. You'll notice that a high proportion of participants are also artists. It's on the NITV channel (associated with SBS) at 8.30pm, and runs for 6 weeks on Sunday nights.</p><p style="font-size:9pt;line-height:1.5em;padding:0.3em 0em 0.6em;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">Here's a taster of each program:</p><p style="font-size:9pt;line-height:1.5em;padding:0.3em 0em 0.6em;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><em>Talking Language</em> with Ernie Dingo is a personal journey providing a unique understanding of how knowledge of Aboriginal languages is shaped by ancestral connections to the land, stars, water, sea and the air we breathe. Ernie visits six people from across Australia whose stories of a spiritual connection to country highlight some of the benefits and current challenges people face to maintain, revive and create languages within their communities.</p><p style="font-size:9pt;line-height:1.5em;padding:0.3em 0em 0.6em;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">Access full article below: </p><div><a href="http://news.aboriginalartdirectory.com/2014/10/aboriginal-languages.php">http://news.aboriginalartdirectory.com/2014/10/aboriginal-languages.php</a><br></div></div></div>