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Five questions to Jeremy Geia : this week on IndigenousX Five questions to Jeremy Geia : this week on IndigenousX
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Each week, a new guest hosts the @IndigenousX twitter account to discuss topics of interest as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. In partnership with IndigenousX, we're inviting its weekly host to tell us about who they are, what issues they're passionate about, and what they have in store for us during their upcoming week.Each week, a new guest hosts the @IndigenousX twitter account to discuss topics of interest as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. In partnership with IndigenousX, we're inviting its weekly host to tell us about who they are, what issues they're passionate about, and what they have in store for us during their upcoming week.
Who are you, where are you from, what do you do?Who are you, where are you from, what do you do?
Ngadhu gadil Jeremy, ngadhu biiba gurra gami bulaan gadil Gaia. Bula
Kalaw Lagaw Ya yirrgaalgal, ngadhu babi Guugu Yimidhirr yirrgaalgal.		Ngadhu gadil Jeremy, ngadhu biiba gurra gami bulaan gadil Gaia. Bula
Kalaw Lagaw Ya yirrgaalgal, ngadhu babi Guugu Yimidhirr yirrgaalgal.
Story teller, part time footballer. Cape York, North Australia.Story teller, part time footballer. Cape York, North Australia.
What do you plan to talk about on @IndigenousX this week?What do you plan to talk about on @IndigenousX this week?
Sovereignty, political loyalty and Liverpool FC winning everything. I'm not sure whether Parliament House in Canberra is still a crime scene ... So maybe I could unearth a few more clues behind the man-made death of Australia's first female prime minister.Sovereignty, political loyalty and Liverpool FC winning everything. I'm not sure whether Parliament House in Canberra is still a crime scene ... So maybe I could unearth a few more clues behind the man-made death of Australia's first female prime minister.
What issue affecting Indigenous people do you think is most pressing?What issue affecting Indigenous people do you think is most pressing?
How much time have I got? Incarceration, manufactured consent, tribal law, crown law. I think society is overwhelmed with distractions like football (not LFC), reality TV, rubbish programming in order to "dumb down" the intelligence of the masses.How much time have I got? Incarceration, manufactured consent, tribal law, crown law. I think society is overwhelmed with distractions like football (not LFC), reality TV, rubbish programming in order to "dumb down" the intelligence of the masses.
Who are your role models and why?Who are your role models and why?
My grandfather was the first male child born on Palm Island in Queensland. In 1957 he led a a group of men to strike as a protest against poor conditions, wages and lack of equality. During the 1960s equal wages for black people had been achieved. My grandmother was stolen at around 10 years old from a region near Cooktown. She entered the world without a birth certificate, and is nearing 100 years old.My grandfather was the first male child born on Palm Island in Queensland. In 1957 he led a a group of men to strike as a protest against poor conditions, wages and lack of equality. During the 1960s equal wages for black people had been achieved. My grandmother was stolen at around 10 years old from a region near Cooktown. She entered the world without a birth certificate, and is nearing 100 years old.
I have seen Fidel Castro speak in Havana during my numerous visits to the tropical wonderland – Gary Foley, Hugo Chavez are also awesome ... and Justin Beiber.I have seen Fidel Castro speak in Havana during my numerous visits to the tropical wonderland – Gary Foley, Hugo Chavez are also awesome ... and Justin Beiber.
What are your hopes for the future?What are your hopes for the future?
To be a cryogenic preserve, in a way that it will allow my spirit to be free to disturb or please as I like. Then I could come back in the future with new technology and live again in a world too sophisticated and advanced for my brain.To be a cryogenic preserve, in a way that it will allow my spirit to be free to disturb or please as I like. Then I could come back in the future with new technology and live again in a world too sophisticated and advanced for my brain.
I also hope to inspire my son to learn and live life with simplicity, satire and honour. I have been invited to exhibit in New York in September this year – shameless self promotion – so I look forward to becoming a full time story teller whether it be on canvas or on TV and @IndigenousX.I also hope to inspire my son to learn and live life with simplicity, satire and honour. I have been invited to exhibit in New York in September this year – shameless self promotion – so I look forward to becoming a full time story teller whether it be on canvas or on TV and @IndigenousX.
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