“White people educate our kids in the way they want them to be educated, but I need [our kids] to speak the language,” says Dujuan’s grandmother, Carol.

Although the policy of assimilation is no longer explicit, William says, the draconian rules governing education and welfare mean the system is still set against indigenous children. He sees many parallels between his story and Dujuan’s.

Draconian = harsh

He’s picked up by the police several times, and gets formal warnings that if he’s found causing a nuisance again he’ll be sent to juvenile detention, or taken into care.

Juvenile やっかいごと

Sitting around a campfire at night, a rapt group of Aboriginal children listened as aunts and grandmothers told stories in the Arrernte language about how the world began and about their connection to the land.

Rapt = moonstruck うっとり

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