Reporter and translator Damien Williams shares a very important western Arrernte word — 'water'.

Curator, artist and friend of the late Esme Timbery, Tess Allas explains where her shellwork sits within the broader scope of First Nations art.

Anindilyakwa singer-songwriter Emily Wurramara's musical journey has taken her a long way from home. 

A lot has changed since she first joined us on Awaye in 2016. She's toured her music around the country and abroad, her debut album Milyakburra was nominated for an ARIA, and she’s won SIX Queensland Music Awards as well as an AMP Tomorrow Maker award.

Most recently, Emily won a Live Music Award and travelled to Aotearoa New Zealand for a songwriting fellowship.

Arrernte man Damien Williams is a journalist and language worker at Indigenous Community Television.

In his role at ICTV, Damien uses his language skills to bring the news of the day to his community.

This month Damien will share his language skills and knowledge with Word Up.

For the first time in more than 50 years, the entire country is set to vote on a decision that could dictate how Indigenous affairs are handled.

As Moogahlin Performing Arts' Yellamundie Festival marks it’s tenth year, Moogahlin's co-founder and artistic director Lily Shearer and playwright Maurial Spearim discuss the role the festival plays in the ecology of Black theatre.

Melanie Saward is Bigambul and Wakka Wakka writer, editor and university lecturer based in Tulmur, Ipswich.

She’s also a debut author and one of three recipients of Queensland Literary Awards’ writers fellowships.

Through the fellowship Melanie will receive $15, 000 plus professional development support for her upcoming project 'The Next Chapter'.

Melanie explains what this support means for her as an early career writer.

Trinity Clarke shares an eastern Kuku Yalanji word that means 'leaf'.

The MAKE Award is a new biennial design prize honouring Innovation in Australian Craft and Design.

One of the finalists of the award was Carly Dodd.

She's a Kaurna, Narrunga and Ngarrindjerri weaver and the First Nations engagement co-ordinator and assistant curator at The Jam Factory in Adelaide.

Carly's weaving work is called Aunty’s Bag and is a colourful handbag made of woven metallic ribbons and raffia.

She explains why she was drawn to weaving as an artform and how Aunty's Bag honours some important women in her life.

The Visitors sees seven representatives gathering at Warrane in January 1788 to discuss the mari nowee on the horizon — should they welcome these visitors or send them away?

Written by Murawuri woman Jane Harrison The Visitors began as a play.

Now, Jane has also adapted the story as a novel and an opera.

Jane, along with director Wesley Enoch and composer Christopher Sainsbury discuss how they've worked to tell this story three different ways.