Pitjantjatjara

And it's one of those things that we experience that here on country and in community and when educators come and join us next year, they'll be able to have those same experiences as well.

And I know that Reggie, our guide yesterday, taught us the Pitjantjatjara word like chichi, which is child in Pitjantjatjara language, which is one of the five languages that's spoken in this region, English being the sixth.

and um so those stories that are shared with our guys it's just at that child's level which is the same for our dreaming as well like we get our the children's level then the level that you get when you're going through law then your senior level then you're both told women and men's business as a way of preserving culture and so forth so all of those things like we're mindful those aren't our stories to share and people will need to to come and hear that you know for themselves But another thing that we wanted to yarn about in this season, you know, six of our podcasts is, I guess, you know, giving our listeners and followers a bit of, you know, insight into things that happen behind the scenes.

So that includes like the community events that we go to, our on-country experiences, that's why we're yarning about.

And, um, the area to my right was known as Burugubun.

Uh, that area was where most people stayed that came from other areas, like down at Pitjantjatjara and up the Dan- Dampier Peninsula, and they were workers.

Um, the mangroves were not here in the 1950s because the shoreline was lined with luggers the whole way.

But since the decline of the pearling industry and the cultured pearl now being the master, um, all the mangroves along the shoreline have built up.

Together, Danny and Richard discuss his approach to making work, his longstanding connection to SAM, and the story behind his Archibald Prize-winning portrait of Ilawonte Kent.

A Pitjantjatjara artist based in Amata, Ilawonte is known for her striking ink drawings of mother eagles.

Richard reflects on spending time with her on country, watching her work, and how those experiences shaped his portrait.

You can see Richard's portrait of Ilawonte at SAM, where it's currently on display as part of the Archibald Prize 2026 touring exhibition.

You'd be there talking for the next 100 years to, to get a Yulara going.

We, although we had fantastic discussions with the Pitjantjatjara and all the rest of it, but it wasn't in this same attitude, political attitude that exists with, with First Nation politics at the moment.

It, um, it was more co- co-operation.

You do what you want, you know, but keep out of our, you know, that's sacred.