00:00Setting up for a smoking ceremony to heal country.
00:20Kaurna and Naderi man Alan Sumner is calling on his ancestors to help heal the sea as South
00:25Australia's algal bloom continues to kill countless sea creatures.
00:31It really hurts.
00:32We are water people.
00:34We rely on the water for not only for fishing and practice but cultural ceremonies and practices.
00:40The coastline is where they connect with country, recount dreaming stories and practice their
00:45culture through dance and language.
00:48But that's been disrupted as dead fish wash ashore and algae aerosols cause respiratory
00:53symptoms.
00:54When I come here and see that the coastline is sick, that the water is sick, then it
01:02makes us sick.
01:04The traditional owners of the York Peninsula, or Gurinder, say they should be at the forefront
01:09when it comes to looking after sea country.
01:11At the moment we seem to be at odds with the current system that continues to leave us out
01:20on the conversations that are important.
01:22Environment Minister Susan Close says the government's algal bloom reference group has Aboriginal members
01:27with expertise in marine science and ecological restoration.
01:30She says the government has briefed the First Nations voice to parliament on the algal bloom response and is considering the best ways to engage
01:38with First Nations corporations and organisations moving forward.
01:42Mr Sumner says First Nations knowledge and Western science could work together to help the environment recover.
01:50They can't do this by themselves.
01:53They've got to use indigenous knowledges, knowledges that have come since the first sunrise in this country.
01:59Holding hope for healthier seas.
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