"The Yiriman Project is a cultural youth diversionary project designed andgoverned by Elders from within a cultural block in the south west Kimberleythat includes Nyikina Mangala Karajarri and Walmajarri language regions This large area of country extends from Bidyadanga in the west Kimberley toBalgo in the southern Kimberley Recently Yiriman has also supportedrelevant projects in the wider Fitzroy Valley In the Nyikina language the word Yiriman means bringing out stories in ouryoung people This organisation has showed good feeling amp my feeling about youngpeople changing coming good amp wanting to do more of these sort ofwalks and back to country trips looking after country jila water andlooking after animals We want to do more of that - instead of walkingaround town amp those places where suicide drinking amp other badthings happening around town and communities Young people got nojobs no future we gotta show them their base homelands If wedon t show em country amp identity your nothing John Watson who with his brother Harry Watson set up Jarlmadangah community is a Nyikina Mangala Elder and Yiriman Founding Director Several of the young men whose work is shown here are from Jarlmadangah They along with other participants photographed and filmed during a recent Yiriman ten day men 's walk The walk was led by cultural bosses John Watson Peter Clancy and Joe GreenSome of the work produced has been put up here on the Jarlmadangah blog for the purpose of SharingStories Have a look at what we do"
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