Aboriginal

The Wagonga lady is one of more than 1,700 ancestors returned to Australia from overseas collections in the past three decades, but many more remain to be found and returned.

Thousands of Aboriginal station workers who had their wages withheld or stolen due to discriminatory government policy will be compensated $16,500 each, the Federal Court rules.

Eight more Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory are dead this year with barely been a pip in parliament or national media. Have we become desensitised to the violence?

Workers at the coalface of the Northern Territory's domestic violence crisis have renewed calls for more urgent funding following a major coronial inquest. 

The decision to go ahead with a $330-million desalination plant on the Eyre Peninsula has been met with backlash from long-term opponents of the plan.

More women die from domestic violence in the Northern Territory than anywhere else in the country. A victim, who is lucky to be alive, speaks out for others who can't.

Two Indigenous former NSW Police officers tell the ABC the force's overtly racist culture is contributing to the increasingly high incarceration rate of First Nations people.

For some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, receiving an Australian of the Year award can be used to draw attention to important issues. But others feel unable to accept a nomination because the timing of the awards is too painful.

An ongoing crisis has claimed eight Northern Territory lives in just five months, now Coroner Elisabeth Armitage is about to release a landmark report on the issues behind the human suffering.

Wiradjuri woman Carly Stanley previously worked in corrective services. Now she and her community are breaking the cycle of justice involvement in the lives of Aboriginal people.

A new report shows only 6 per cent of child protection funding goes to Aboriginal-run organisations, despite these groups often posting better outcomes. 

One of Australia's top Aboriginal legal services, NAAJA, has publicly apologised for the unlawful sacking of former chief executive officer Priscilla Atkins.

South Australia's Attorney-General and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Kyam Maher has spoken to the state's Police Commissioner, following "confronting" footage taken during an arrest near Port Augusta at the weekend.

Footage of a man being shoved into a wall by a police officer before being dragged through a front yard has been shared on social media, with SA Police confirming a formal complaint has been made about the incident. 

In lieu of a formal truth-telling hearing, members of the Cherbourg community have shared their experiences of life and restrictions in the Aboriginal settlement. 

In a town where unemployment is almost five times the national average, women in Halls Creek are finding much-needed solace and support as they chase their dream job.

A monument to the 26 deaths of shipwreck survivors in 1840 is being put into context thanks to a collaboration that those involved hope will be replicated around the country.

More than a year after one of Australia's more controversial referendums, "where to from here?" is a question many continue to ask. But there are hopes truth-telling will help to heal deep wounds in Western Australia.

Four elected members and a senior staff member have resigned months after South Australia's inaugural First Nations Voice to Parliament elections were held, with one outgoing leader describing the model as "unsustainable".

First Nations artist Jacinta Numina-Waugh speaks out after she was allegedly subject to unconscionable sales conduct by Optus that has landed the telco in court.