Larrakia TO, Gullawun Daniel Roque Lee, talking about stealing from his country - FULL VERSION

Larrakia artist, activist and traditional owner Gullawun Daniel Roque Lee talks about his country around the Darwin region and how non-Aboriginal didgeridoo cutters are taking trees from his land without permission. This issue is coming up again in addition to a range of other problems regarding the commercialisation of this musical instrument in the global market.

The iDIDJ Forum has a thread devoted to this topic of misappropriation and commercialisation:

http://forum.ididj.com.au/ididj-australia-youtube-channel-changes-t1199.html

Names have been edited out, the issues are what we should focus on not individuals... be aware that many didgeridoos that are produced in Australia are done so illegally, on Aboriginal land.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Gullawun
• Daniel
• Roque
• Lee
• larrakia
• darwin
• nt
• aboriginal
• arts
• commerce
• business
• didgeridoo
• didjeridu
• mandapul
• arnhem
• land
• global
• market

[Smurfwow]

hard to hear what hes saying with the background noise

[landyandyau]

Good onya brother, well worth highlighting these issues we have discussed similar things such as this in the past and it's great you have taken the bull by the horns onya regards andy

[arscill1]

Truly appalling... Thank you for uploading this.

[ozmadman]

Appalling situation!!! maybe this is something the forum should pursue a bit more strongly to see if any pressure could be put upon the relevant authorities involved???