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Article: The Aboriginal time conundrum.(strictly speaking)
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Let me run a theory by you, one dealing with Aboriginal time perceptions. And Elders. But first, some background.
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If I've heard my mother say it once, I've heard her say it a thousand times ... things are sure bad in the world today. Maybe true, maybe not. Personally I don't think things were much better in the 1930s during the Depression or at any other time. The world is a tough place at the best of times. But it does introduce an interesting concept, the way we view time. As the Rolling Stones used to sing, "Time Is On My Side", but then again, maybe Bob Dylan put it better, "The Times They Are A Changin'." And as Native ...