Indigenous peoples, in Oregon and beyond, are decolonizing maps

Indigenous peoples, in Oregon and beyond, are decolonizing maps

Western maps, imbued with the history and power structures of colonialism, often erase Indigenous people and culture from their traditional lands. Now, Indigenous cartographers are countering that erasure by decolonizing maps, in Oregon and throughout the world.

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Wattle is an Aussie icon. So why did scientists end up in a fight over its scientific name?

Wattle is an Aussie icon. So why did scientists end up in a fight over its scientific name?

The first wattles of the season are about to burst into fluffy pom-poms of resplendent gold and pale cream. But in the early 2000s, these plants were in the centre of one of the world's biggest botanical controversies.

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Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster not a legal entity but a ‘sham religion’, tribunal rules

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster not a legal entity but a 'sham religion', tribunal rules

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster will remain in the realms of satire, after an attempt to secure formal recognition as an incorporated entity was knocked by a South Australian legal authority on the grounds that the purported religion is nothing more than a "hoax".

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Friday essay: how our new archaeological research investigates Dark Emu’s idea of Aboriginal ‘agriculture’ and villages

Friday essay: how our new archaeological research investigates Dark Emu's idea of Aboriginal 'agriculture' and villages

We have found 140 quarry sites, where rock was excavated to make seed grinding stones, in the Channel Country of Central Australia. It's part of a major project testing Bruce Pascoe's hypothesis.

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