"We come together to celebrate a
significant literary milestone. I would like to take this moment to
congratulate Tex and Karl Erik for taking risks, for charting new versions of
ancient knowledge/s, for retelling the stories to sustain Nhunggabarra culture
and, in doing so, potentially enrich all other cultures.
Like the cultural sites that Tex acknowledges as ‘signposts’, this book is a ‘signpost’. For many of us who write and
read about Aboriginal histories and cultures, who are exposed to the various
media portrayals of Aboriginal cultures across our many nations within
Australia and who advocate (in our respective ways) for social justice for
Aboriginal peoples, the book ‘Treading Lightly’ teaches us. For those who care
about our communities and our Mother, the Earth, ‘Treading Lightly’ teaches us."
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