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The day the Pintupi Nine entered the modern world

• trhway 12y ago
  >"... We could smell the faeces of other humans in the air" - they were probably a couple of kilometres away - "and we saw smoke in the distance. one may wonder about human's abilities dampened by the civilization. When my dog(boy) smelled a girl in heat from half a kilometer i was impressed. While from his point of view i guess it was nothing special.
  • noonespecial 12y ago
    That's nothing compared to: "One of the members of the search party, Joseph Tjapaltjarri, was sure he recognised the footprints they were tracking - he remembered the shape of the foot from his childhood and knew it belonged to his "skin-brother", Warlimpirrnga." He remembered the shape of a footprint from his childhood and knew it to be a particular individual!? Humans are fascinating indeed.
• wallflower 12y ago
  > McMahon did not want to put the group under any pressure to join the community, but he witnessed the moment they were persuaded. "It was unthinkable that they would stay out there because the modern world was so seductive. One of the fellows suggested, 'Give them a taste of the sugar and they'll be in for sure.'" Indeed, the taste of sugar had a big impact on the Pintupi Nine and it is this aspect of their story which now animates them most. "I tasted the sugar, we didn't know what it was, but it was so sweet. I tasted the sugar and it tasted so sweet - like the Kulun Kulun flower. My mother tasted it and it was so sweet. It was good," says Warlimpirrnga.