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Anita Heiss

Ngumambinya: Trust for Help

Anita Heiss, Griffith Review, February 2020

Heiss articulates Aboriginal values as being about community and not the individual. In this compelling essay, Heiss puts forward the idea of learning language as an act of sovereignty, within which one can embody Aboriginal values including respect, love, unity and care for each other.

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