A group of my friends and I were talking about Indigenous story telling and how often we aren't given the information or the meaning behind a lot of the stories we see as created art pieces. It led onto a rather sad discussion about how we all truly want to know what these stories mean, but either because of our gender, the colour of our skin or whatever other reason, the information is often withheld from us. The question that was raised at the end was this idea about 'Equality'. We have been asked to look into Indigenous culture in order to appreciate where we are, the countries history and the people that lived here on the land before we came. The problem is, is that though we often try to find answers or ask questions, quite often due to whatever reason, the information is withheld from us.
We couldn't quite figure out how we can all expect equality and such when neither party is willing to share what has happened, or what something means to us. In order to move forward from the past, must we not accept what has happened, however wrong it may be and try and find a way through it together?
A couple of years ago I was aware of the government offering an official apology to the lost generation, and I'm not saying that it means it's forgiven and forgotten, but what more can the people of our generation really do? We are trying to understand and learn from past mistakes and of course apologise, yet still we don't seem to be forward. There is still so much hostility between the two that there doesn't seem to be an end in sight for all the tension.
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