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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Striving to Bridge the Chasm : My Cultural Learning Journey
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'James Gaykamangu is a Senior Elder with the Gupapuyngu Tribe from Arnhem Land. He is a Senior Law Man, Peacemaker and Mediator under Traditional Law. James was educated in both the traditional Yolngu system and the missionary system. He has multiple higher education qualifications and currently works in the Northern Territory. His life has been a journey of finding ways to build bridges between two vastly different systems. In this book he tells the story of his learning journey from a young boy in Milingimbi with inherited traditional leadership, to a senior elder supporting his people through mainstream legal systems' (Source: Back cover)

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  • This work includes:

    My family

    Mel-Lakarum!

    Growing up

    Traditional education

    The mission

    Mission schooling

    Reflections on schooling

    Early working life

    Marriage

    Higher education

    Self management

    Learning Balanda law

    Two way law

    The honey bee

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