{"id":6229,"date":"2023-12-01T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastfamilies\/?p=6229"},"modified":"2023-10-23T00:45:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T13:45:34","slug":"in-my-blood-it-runs-dujuan-hoosan-journey-aboriginal-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onthecoastpublications.com.au\/onthecoastfamilies\/in-my-blood-it-runs-dujuan-hoosan-journey-aboriginal-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reading Corner – In My Blood It Runs: Celebrating Dujuan Hoosan’s Journey and Advocacy for Aboriginal Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Review By Jessica Sanford<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS By Dujuan Hoosan, Margaret Anderson and Carol Turner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the award\u2013winning documentary film, this is the story of Dujuan Hoosan, a 10\u2013year\u2013old Arrernte and Garawa boy. A wise, funny, cheeky boy. A healer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out bush, his healing power (Ngangkere) is calm and straight. But in town, it\u2019s wobbly and wild, like a snake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s in trouble at school, and with the police. He thinks there\u2019s something wrong with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dujuan\u2019s family knows what to do: they send him to live out bush, to learn the ways of the old people, and the history that runs straight into all Aboriginal people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So he can be proud of himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illustrated by Blak Douglas, winner of the Archibald Prize 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
<\/strong>Dujuan Hoosan is an Arrernte and Garawa boy who grew up between his two homelands at Sandy Bore outstation near Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and Spring Creek near Borroloola, situated on the banks of the McArthur River in the Gulf of Carpentaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he was 12, Dujuan became the youngest person ever to address the Human Rights Council at the United Nations. He asked global leaders to support Australia to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years in line consistent with international human rights standards, and allow his peoples to control their own education systems. He also asked that First Nations languages be taught in schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June 2020, he was awarded the Liberty Victoria Young Voltaire Human Rights Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want people to see that our Aboriginal culture is still strong. Dujuan has learned a lot and is learning a lot by being on his own Country. We hope people learn to respect our culture, our language and our identity. We hope people see the joy and the sadness of this story. And that it gives other Aboriginal families hope and strength.\u201d \u2013 Carol Turner and Margaret Anderson, Authors (the Nannas)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The Reading Corner – In My Blood It Runs: Celebrating Dujuan Hoosan’s Journey and Advocacy for Aboriginal Culture<\/a><\/blockquote>