We assert the First Nations traditional concept of Law in Country and that We Are Law Keepers of Country.
Or more directly: We Are Country : Country Is Us.
We Are Country : Country Is Us
Jim Everett puralia meenamatta
I am a Plangermairreenner from Meenamatta Country in the north-east Midlands of Lutruwita/Tasmania.
Law in Country is what governs me, and I do what I do because it’s the truth. I stand firm on our Law in Country.
I do not recognise any colonial authority over me because I am not an Australian citizen. I am a Palawa First Nation citizen and the Australian-British colonial laws that I challenge have no jurisdiction to arrest me for defending my Law in Country from ongoing destruction of our natural world.
portrait Jillian Mundy; mangana Eric Woehler; #StandWithUncJim #TellTheTruth
We often hear the call for First Nations leadership.
Well this is what First Nations led looks like:
Inclusive - Well Informed - Collaborative - Solution-orientated
Long-term intergenerational foresight that encourages earth honouring practices and ways of being.
We honour and protect Kin, culture and Country.
WE CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE PROTECTION OF OLD GROWTH FORESTS.
Forests that have never been industrially clear cut and burnt.
We need to reset the way we value our precious landscapes for more than the provision of cheap wood pulp to export overseas.
Our forests need to be Valued for their ancient cultural heritage, biodiversity, fresh clean water catchment and their critical role in mitigation of potential catastrophic bushfires.
Our Forests have provided for the health and well-being of community for thousands of generations. In order for them to continue to hold us with such generosity;
WE MUST IMMEDIATELY END LOGGING IN OLD GROWTH.
Protect our Old Growth forests that have known the footsteps of our old People and witnessed the invasion
and ongoing occupation of our lands.
Protect our Old Growth forests that hold the remains of our Ancestors and protect the placentas of the thousands of children that were birthed in these forests.
Protect the Forests that retain the relational ecology
and Palawa Law in Country.
Forests that have never been industrially Clear Cut and Burnt hold our stories, Songlines, irreplaceable cultural heritage and our identity as First People’s of Lutruwita.
Help us protect Old Growth Forests immediately
and move towards positive solutions that can sustain All - life for generations to come.
