Fed: Stop treating Aboriginal people like children, urges author From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: June 22, 2007 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)

06-22-2007

Fed: Stop treating Aboriginal people like children, urges author

SYDNEY, June 22 AAP - Indigenous author Alexis Wright says Aboriginal people need to
be involved in decisions about their future, not treated like children.

Ms Wright last night won Australia's most prestigious literary prize -the $42,000 Miles
Franklin Literary Award - for her epic novel Carpentaria.

She is a member of the...

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