Fiona Walsh, Josie Douglas, and others

The main reasons we made this report are to: - Record some skills and knowledge of Alyawarr people. - Help keeptraditional knowledge alive for younger Alyawarr people. - Give a report to the Alyawarr women who generously shared their time ans expertise in this research.Made available by the Northern Territory Library via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).Background -- Lands and communities where Alyawarr people live -- Country, rain and fire -- Picking and processing Desert raisins -- Long ago we lived on bush foods -- Children are learning -- We sell Desert raisins and seeds -- I sell seeds and go to get more -- Alyawarr people collect many different bush foods and medicines -- Glossary of Alyawarr terms used in this report -- School curriculum-linked learning activities: ideas for teachers about Desert raisin -- Other Aboriginal knowledge concepts inter-related to Akayerr (Desert raisin) -- References.Date:2009Includes bibliographical references