Eileen Kampakuta Brown
Eileen Kampakuta Brown | |
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| Born | 1 January 1938 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Organization | Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta |
| Awards | Goldman Environmental Prize (2003) |
Eileen Kampakuta Brown AM (born 1 January 1938) is an Aboriginal elder from Australia. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003[1] together with Eileen Wani Wingfield, for their efforts to stop governmental plans for a nuclear waste dump in South Australia's desert land, and for protection of their land and culture.[2][3]
Brown, Wingfield and other elder women formed the Cooper Pedy Women's Council (Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta) in 1995.[2]
As a child Brown often had to hide from government officials, who had a policy of removing biracial children from their families and sending them to institutions.[4] In 2000 she and Eileen Wani Wingfield published 'Down the Hole, a children's book based on their experiences of hiding from the authorities.[5]
Brown was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2003 Australia Day Honours for "service to the community through the preservation, revival and teaching of traditional Anangu Aboriginal culture and as an advocate for indigenous communities in Central Australia".[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Goldman Environmental Prize: Eileen Kampakuta Brown Archived 4 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 2 December 2007)
- ^ a b "Eileen Wani Wingfield and Eileen Kampakuta Brown (1930s-)". The Guardian. 8 March 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Goldman Environmental Foundation". Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ Kristine Moruzi; Michelle J Smith; Elizabeth Bullen, eds. (2018). Affect, emotion, and children's literature representation and socialisation in texts for children and young adults. ISBN 9781138244672. OCLC 1015755274.
- ^ Edna Tantjingu Williams (2000). Down the hole, up the tree, across the sandhills-- : -- running from the state and Daisy Bates. Jukurrpa Books. ISBN 1864650249. OCLC 49345730.
- ^ "Mrs Eileen Kampakuta BROWN". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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