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Dotty Whatebee Dotty Whatebee i(A126416 works by) (a.k.a. Dotty Whatby; Dottie Watby)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal Kija ; Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 Race Relations 1989 single work oral history
— Appears in: Impact Stories of the East Kimberley 1989; (p. 53-67)

'The storytellers emphasise that there were both 'good' and 'bad' kartiya, people who treated them with constant consideration, as well as people known for violent behaviour. 'bad kartiya' evidently had little risk of being found out. Police were represented in both categories, some intervening on Aborigines' behalves, others killing Aboriginal people on occasions'.
1 Murders and Massacres 1989 single work oral history
— Appears in: Impact Stories of the East Kimberley 1989; (p. 1-11) 'Kija and Miriwoong storytellers see their ancestors as having provoked the widespread killings by spearing lone white men'.
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