As the
nation wrapped up its annual NAIDOC Week festivities last week, Nakkiah Lui provided a timely and pertinent reminder
of the
origins of NAIDOC Week and encouraged us to critically
reflect upon exactly what we were celebrating about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture in the first week
of July.
The three distinct factors
reflected a secure - preoccupied attachment to one's
nation, which converged on a desire to establish emotional and dependent links and to merge with one's
nation, a fearful attachment that tapped into ruminations about the stability
of the attachment bond between self and
nation, and a dismissive attachment which can be interpreted as either a marked desire to separate oneself from one's
nation of origin and establish independence and self - sufficiency, or as the lack
of an attachment bond.