Culture is the collective beliefs, values, rules and customs that inform a group’s way of life This factsheet offers an overview of Your culture For more in-depth knowledge, explore the additional resources in...
We've developed the Indigenous Governance Toolkit as an online resource to help Indigenous organisations, communities, nations and individuals build, strengthen and evaluate their governance.
Each section in the Toolkit focuses on a different element of governance. What’s covered includes your culture, values, leadership, decision making, rules and membership.
You’ll find examples of successful governance from other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups, resources to help you evaluate your own governance, and useful guidance to sustain you along the way.
Winners and finalists of the 2022 Indigenous Governance Awards share how they work for their community. They talk about navigating two-way governance and staying accountable to their members, community and wider environments.
Language and cultural sensitivity
AIGI acknowledges the traditional owners of the land, and pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
AIGI may use the terms Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander interchangeably. The term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander is used most frequently to refer to the many nations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the continent and islands now called Australia. This aligns with our endorsement of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Wherever possible, care has been taken to reference individual language groups. When we work with specific communities or language groups, we seek guidance from those with authority about the respectful and appropriate language protocols. We acknowledge and respect that terms preferred in different jurisdictions and locations may vary.
Users are warned that historic content on this site may contain language or views which reflect the authors’ attitudes or that of the period in which the items were written. These may be considered to be inappropriate or offensive today.
If there is any information on this website that you consider to be culturally insensitive, inappropriate or inaccurate, contact us.
Deceased persons
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples are advised that this website contains the photographs, voices, names and stories of deceased persons.
For some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, hearing the voices or seeing images of people who have passed may be distressing or cause offense.
The Toolkit is a free, public-access document. You can use the Toolkit in many different ways, depending on your circumstances and needs. You can explore it individually or as a group, and at your own pace.
Read the Toolkit just like a book, or jump to whichever topic interests you.
Use the Toolkit to customise your own strategies and solutions.
Use the check-up resources throughout the Toolkit to see how you are going.
Download or print out sections of the Toolkit as you need them.
AIGI connects Indigenous groups, individuals and organisations to world-class best-practice expertise and knowledge
Contact Details
BHP FOUNDATION
RECONCILIATION AUSTRALIA
ANNAMILA PTY LTD
THE AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP CENTRE
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