The+Dreaming

= Stories of the Dreaming =

==== Storytelling is an integral part of life for Indigenous Australians. From an early age, storytelling plays a vital role in educating children. Stories help to explain the diversity of Indigenous cultural life such as how the land came to be shaped and inhabited; how to behave and why; where to find certain foods, and the relationships between Indigenous people, landscape and wildlife. ====

==== Because the 'Stories of the Dreaming' have been handed down through the generations, they are not 'owned' by individuals. They belong to a group or nation, and the storytellers of that nation are carrying out an obligation to pass the stories along. The Elders of a nation might appoint a particularly skilful and knowledgeable storyteller as 'custodian' of the stories of that people ====

==== [|ABC Dust Echoes] is a series of twelve beautifully animated dreamtime stories from Central Arnhem Land, telling stories of love, loyalty, duty to country and aboriginal custom and law. The [|study guides]for Dust Echoes are available and can be downloaded. ====