We live on the desert country of our ancestors. It is living Country full of Law and stories. We continue the ways of our Elders. We continue to hunt and gather many bush foods. We gather medicines to make us well. We hold Martu ways.

We are strong about teaching younger generations about the foods and medicines of their country. We have seed foods, fruits, tubers, nectar flowers and many good foods. We will bring some with us for you. Some of our surviving Elders hold the old skills of seed harvest and preparation to make seed cakes or damper. Our organisation, Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa (KJ) means to hold the Dreaming. Our members and our rangers work hard to keep the knowledge and skills of our ancestors alive.

Our first and living language is Martu Wangka. We speak many of our old plant names. We work with ethnoecologists and linguists to help record and document our special plants and animals. They offer us English names and more knowledge about them. KJ has a huge archive of photos, videos and sound recordings including about our plants and animals. Working together we make videos, big books and song books to help our children to learn.

We face many challenges. Life is sometimes hard with many funerals. There is too much trouble. Our young people get distracted. Some are in jail. We work hard to look after family wherever they are.

KJ has camps on country where we teach and learn together. We gather bush foods to show and share. We bring special tools needed to prepare foods to eat. We have plants and clays that make healing medicines. We like to share our foods and stories with other people too. We look forward to sharing with you.