ab-Original Journal of Indigenous Studies and First Nations and First Peoples’ Cultures vol. 1 no. 1 2017 The Pennsylvania State University Press EDITORS Jakelin Troy, The University of Sydney (Editor in Chief) Lorena Sekwan Fontaine, University of Winnipeg Adam Geczy, The University of Sydney BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Marie Carla Dany Adone, University of Cologne EXHIBITIONS EDITOR Janelle Evans, The University of Sydney MANAGING EDITOR Sally McNicol EDITORIAL BOARD Mick Adams, Edith Cowan University Melanie Cheung, The University of Auckland Len Collard, The University of Western Australia Fay Fletcher, University of Alberta Tawara D. Goode, Georgetown University Michael Hart, University of Manitoba Barry Judd, Charles Darwin University Malcolm King, University of Alberta Shino Kinoshi, The University of Western Australia Peter Mataira, Hawai’i Pacific University Gerald McMaster, OCAD University Peter Minter, The University of Sydney Georges Petitjean, Aboriginal Art Museum Utrecht Julianne Sanguins, University of Manitoba Juanita Sherwood, The University of Sydney Niigaan Sinclair, University of Manitoba Michael Walsh, The University of Sydney Denise Wilson, Auckland University of Technology EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Clint Bracknell, The University of Sydney Treena Delormier, University of Hawai’i Bonnie Duran, University of Washington John Gilroy, The University of Sydney Shane Houston, The University of Sydney Michelle Johnson-Jennings, University of Minnesota Kiera Ladner, University of Manitoba Barry Lavallee, University of Manitoba Jeanine Leane, Australian National University Vanessa Lee, The University of Sydney John Maynard, The University of Newcastle Dory Nason, The University of British Columbia Mohit Prassad, The University of the South Pacific Mohi Rua, The University of Waikato Kim Scott, Curtin University Maile Taualii, University of Hawai’i Jean-François Vernay, University of New Caledonia Melissa Walls, University of Minnesota Ghil’ad Zuckermann, The University of Adelaide ab-OriginalJournal of Indigenous Studies and vol. 1 no. 1 2017 First Nations and First Peoples’ Cultures Letter from the Editors v ARTICLES Nyungar of Southwestern Australia and Flinders: A Dialogue on Using Nyungar Intelligence to Better Understand Coastal Exploration 1 Len Collard, Clint Bracknell, and David Palmer Ngapartji Ngapartji: Finding Ethical Approaches to Research Involving Indigenous Peoples, Australian Perspectives 17 Gina Louise Hawkes, David Pollock, Barry Judd, Peter Phipps, and Elinor Assoulin Cultural Identity and Practices Associated with the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Males 42 Mick Adams, Peter J. Mataira, Shayne Walker, Michael Hart, Neil Drew, and Jesse John Fleay From the Caribbean to the South Pacific: Cultural Hybridity, Resistance, and Historical Difference 62 Maria E. Posse Emiliani Inside Out: An Indigenous Community Radio Response to Incarceration in Western Australia 81 Clint Bracknell and Casey Kickett RESEARCH REPORTS Disability Services and Carer Program Gaps in Central Australian Indigenous Communities 99 Craig Ashley Eibeck When Size Doesn’t Count: A Comparative Account of Language Endangerment in Australia and Pakistan 132 Malik Adnan Hussain Bhatti and Jakelin Troy REVIEWS A Grammar Sketch of Yolngu Sign Language, by Marie Carla D. Adone and Elaine L. Maypilama 145 Reviewed by Angela M. Nonaka A Companion to Australian Aboriginal Literature, edited by Belinda Wheeler 148 Reviewed by Jean-François Vernay ab-Original: Journal of Indigenous Studies and First Nations and First Peoples’ Cultures is devoted to issues of indigeneity in the new millennium. 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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS With the first issue of ab-Original: Journal of Indigenous Studies and First Nations and First Peoples’ Cultures, this editorial introduces a new and highly innovative addition to international scholarly engagements with Indigenous Studies and First Nations cultures and peoples around the globe. Indeed, this first editorial can be read as something of a manifesto. We map out both the intended purpose of our new journal and the intellectual ter- rain that we envisage will be discussed and debated within its pages in the years to come. We think it fitting that ab-Original is hosted by the University of Sydney, the oldest and arguably most prestigious center of higher learning in Australia, located on the Country of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, ground zero of the invasion of the Australian continent by British colonial- ists that began in the eighteenth century. Moreover, the geographic loca- tion of Sydney and its university has significance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples everywhere as the starting point of contemporary struggles against both settler colonialism and white supremacy. Gadigal Country is today also recognized by Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders as an important transit point for Indigenous peoples entering and exiting Australia. For Indigenous peoples in the wealthiest nation-states, the rapidly growing possibilities to engage in overseas travel have brought with them new opportunities for the exchange of past experience, today’s challenges, and new ideas for the future. The sharing and transmitting of Indigenous stories about analogous anticolonial struggles, daily battles with structural forms of ignorance, racism, and political marginalization from the “mainstream,” as well as exploring how best to nurture Indigenous cul- tures, languages, traditions, and access to land and sea resources, are creat- ing new intellectual conversations and models of practice that truly confirm that the age of global indigeneity is upon us. Unashamedly, ab-Original intends to play a critical role in the exchange of Indigenous-generated ideas now taking place in the global context. Though hosted by the University of Sydney in Australia, the new journal is a publication of Penn State University Press. In our view, partnership with ab-Original: Journal of Indigenous Studies and First Nations and First Peoples’ Cultures, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2017 Copyright © 2017 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA a scholarly press based in North America is critical to fulfilling the global ambitions of this journal and signals our intent that ab-Original be like no other scholarly journal presently produced in the field of Indigenous Studies in Australia or elsewhere. In many respects, the launching of ab-Original as a journal of global indigeneity is a direct outgrowth of two academic initiatives, the National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network (NIRAKN) in Australia and the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) in North America. Both NIRAKN and NAISA have worked hard to build global networks of engagement with