Karu : growing up Gurindji / Violet Wadrill [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wadrill, Violet, 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child rearing.

Child rearing--Australia.

Gurindji language--History.

Gurindji language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 pages)

Place of Publication:

North Geelong, Victoria : Spinifex, [2019]

Summary:

Gurindji country is located in the southern Victoria River in the Northern Territory of Australia. Gurindji people became well known in the 1960s and 1970s due to their influence on Australian politics and the Indigenous land rights movement. They were instrumental in gaining equal wages for Aboriginal cattle station employees and they were also the first Aboriginal group to recover control of their traditional lands.In Karu, Gurindji women describe their child-rearing practices. Some have a spiritual basis, while others are highly practical in nature, such as the use of bush medicines. Many Gurindji ways of raising children contrast with non-Indigenous practices because they are deeply embedded in an understanding of country and family connections. This book celebrates children growing up Gurindji and honours those Gurindji mothers, grandmothers, assistant teachers and health workers who dedicate their lives to making that possible.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Karu: Growing up Gurindji

Dedication

Preface

Gurindji Language and Culture series

How we made the book

Contributors

Introduction

Ngarturr (Pregnancy)

Karungkarni - The place of the children

Yimaruk or wipilirri - Returned souls

Wartiwarti karu - Born left-handed

Punyu mangarri ngarturr-ku - Good foods for pregnant women

Jamuny - Pregnancy taboo foods

Ngitji karu-wu (Caring for children)

Ngamayi kamparnup - Treating mothers after birth

Ngapulu kamparnup - Promoting milk

Karu kamparnup - Treatments using termite mound

Warra karu parntawurru - Looking after babies' backs

Purntunarri kamparnup - Treating older babies

Yarnanti rarraj-ku - A charm for running

Ngarrka karu-walija - Introducing children to country and ancestors

Manyanyi and marlarn - Bush vicks and river red gum

Yarnanti kulykulya-wu - A charm for colds

Punyukkaji kulykulya-wu - Cures for colds

Yirrijkaji, wariyili and partiki - Dodonaea polyzyga, Senna spp., Terminalia arostrata

Nganany karu-wu - Warnings for children

Jarrakap - Learning to talk

Janyarrp - Baby talk

Jaru karu-wu - Words for babies

Karu yurrk (Children's stories)

Warrija kirrawa - The crocodile and goanna

Ngarlkiny karu - The greedy child

Jajurlang - The grandmother and her grandson

Jampurra - The cry baby

Luma kurrupartu - The bluetongue and his favourite boomerang

Story sources.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781925581867

1925581861

OCLC:

1110578104