A prominent Aboriginal community leader has called out Northern beaches resident Neil Evers for self-identifying as Indigenous and demanded he stop performing Welcome to Country ceremonies.
Mr Evers has performed numerous Welcome to Country ceremonies around the northern beaches in the last decade since discovering he had distant Aboriginal heritage.
A prominent Aboriginal community leader has called out Northern beaches resident Neil Evers for self-identifying as Indigenous and demanded he stop performing ceremonies. Picture: Supplied The masthead reached out to Mr Evers and learned he discovered his heritage in his late 60s after he read a “history book about Bob Waterer and King Bungaree”.
Mr Evers said he had received a “certificate roughly 10 years ago from the Guringai Tribal Aboriginal Corporation” which had the same effect on him as Mr Waterer. The MLALC CEO said his organisation was the legislated body overseeing all Aboriginal people in his district, including the northern beaches under the Land Rights Act.
A spokesperson for the Guringai Tribal Aboriginal Corporation, who provided Mr Evers with his certificate, said he had been a member of the corporation for “many many years” and had sat as a director.
Neil Evers Indigenous Aboriginal Nathan Moran Welcome To Country Sky News Australia
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
‘Welcome to Country’ ceremonies have earmarks of a new state religionAs reported in SkyNews.com.au Christian preacher David Pellowe is being pursued by the Queensland Human Rights Commission after refusing to participate in the “Welcome to Country” ritual at his own conference.
Read more »
‘Easily offended’: Preacher’s stinging assessment amid Welcome to Country human rights complaintA Christian preacher has claimed Australians are being trained to be 'easily offended' after he was hauled before the Queensland Human Rights Commission over his views on Indigenous Welcome to Country ceremonies.
Read more »
Christian preacher facing Human Rights complaint after refusing to do Welcome to Country ceremonyA Christian preacher is being dragged before the Queensland Human Rights Commission over his views on Indigenous Welcome to Country ceremonies.
Read more »
Federal government warns 'ongoing instability' at top NT Aboriginal legal service NAAJA putting funding 'at risk'The federal government has warned funding to Australia's biggest Aboriginal legal aid service is 'at risk' unless changes are made to its board, the ABC can reveal.
Read more »
Indigenous leader slams Aboriginal culture being ‘hijacked’ for hidden agendas amid gold mine axingFormer NSW Aboriginal Land Council chair Roy Ah-See has vented his frustration over the bureaucratic red tape which has seen 'hidden agendas' wield Indigenous culture as a political tool.
Read more »
No charges to be laid over Victorian Aboriginal woman Veronica Nelson's death in custodyNo criminal charges will be laid over Veronica Nelson's cruel and preventable death in a Victorian prison, after the state's workplace safety watchdog declared there was 'insufficient evidence' to prosecute justice officials or a prison healthcare provider.
Read more »