Bruce Pascoe's Dark Emu is a deeply researched, very readable account of pre-colonial Aboriginal civilisation. Watch out: some of the facts Pascoe has unearthed may blow your mind! The Spineless crew discuss the dangers of only valuing Aboriginal society through an economic lens, what Dark Emu learnings we can apply to Australia's future... and our new-found love for yam daisies.    ~Sources and Links~---Intro music by digital zen https://soundcloud.com/digital-zen------Outro song: Wise Ones by DENNI https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/denni------DENNI's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denniproctorpuss/------Visit the Gali is Life website to donate and learn more about the water runs Cait discusses in the into https://www.galiislife.com/--- ---Dark Emu: https://www.magabala.com/culture-and-history/dark-emu.html--- ---The Guardian's map of aboriginal massacres: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2019/mar/04/massacre-map-australia-the-killing-times-frontier-wars--- ---A related Guardian article on Aboriginal massacers https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/mar/04/the-killing-times-the-massacres-of-aboriginal-people-australia-must-confront--- ---The Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) Family Council are taking their dispute with the Adani coal mine to Federal Court and the United Nations: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-03/anti-adani-campaign-by-indigenous-group-goes-to-the-un/10065240--- ---Manus Governor demands action from Australia as Behrouz Boochani says self-harm has spiked: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-13/manus--self-harm-crisis-escalates-as-governor-calls-for-help/11199258---  ---Recent article of activists sailing to Manus island with Aboriginal passports for asylum seekers. A powerful example of cross-cultural solidarity https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-17/refugees-on-manus-island-to-recieve-aboriginal-passports/11310214--- ---A drone video of the 40,000 year old Brewarrina fish traps: https://www.facebook.com/christopher.mchughes.90/videos/2083615611855038/--- ---The Collarenebri water crisis is a clear example of how poor our modern water management is and how our government continues to treat Aboriginal communities as second class citizens: https://honisoit.com/2019/05/driving-water-to-collarenebri/?fbclid=IwAR17W9qKUOqoSRnzA7fAuuMgT7OBOh5Hmjt6l1nkVfArvSVNx0U_pMehiF4--- ---The photo of Aboriginal fishing traps that we mentioned in the podcast: https://www.milkwood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dark-emu-306.jpg (sourced from Kirsten Bradley's review of Dark Emu)---