Pictures from my memory : my story as a Ngaatjatjarra woman /

Pictures from my memory : my story as a Ngaatjatjarra woman /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ellis, Elizabeth Marrkilyi, author.
Imprint:	Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2016.
Description:	xv, 153 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Ellis, Elizabeth Marrkilyi. Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Biography. Ngaanyatjarra (Australian people) -- Biography. Women linguists -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Biography. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Social life and customs. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Languages. Aboriginal Australians -- Languages. Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs. Ngaanyatjarra (Australian people) Women, Aboriginal Australian. Women linguists. Australia -- Central Australia. Western Australia. Autobiographies. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10782558

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:	Dousset, Laurent, editor.
ISBN:	9780855750350 0855750359

Table of Contents:

List of illustrations
Preface
Introduction
1. Pictures from my memory
2. Moving to missions and reserves
3. The world was bigger than I thought
4. Back closer to our country
5. Yirara College
6. Learning a profession
7. Settling in as a family
8. Belief systems
9. Working and sharing
10. Aboriginal nights
11. Language, identity and culture
12. Breaking down and getting up again
Appendices
Extract of Lizzie's family tree
Glossary of Ngaatjatjarra words used
A brief overview of the Ngaatjatjarra-speaking people