Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Australia’s First Peoples, are so much more than the embodiment of negative colonial processes. While we appreciate the 60,000 years of ‘genius’ that is in our Indigenous DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) (Garma Festival 2019), our metagenomic vision for our current and future families is still very much under the gaze of a colonial lens.
Connecting to Country: An Australian Indigenous Metagenomics Strategy Environmental Scan and Research Gap Report