Often told she's 'too white to be Aboriginal', Amy struggles to connect with culture and she's not alone
Amy Daniel grew up with constant questions about her heritage and culture, something she still faces today. “A lot of people ask me and say, ‘You’re too white to be Aboriginal. You’re too beautiful to be Aboriginal. You don’t talk like Aboriginal people’,” she said. He says at first it angered him and made him question himself, but now he is using it to educate others. “I took the opportunity to teach people that no matter how much milk you put in a cup of tea, you are still a bit black on the inside.” This 23-year-old Nukunu woman first found out she was a Native when she was in high school. He was born and raised in Queanbeyan but his descendants are from the country of Nukunu, near Port Augusta in South Australia. Ms Daniel recently started to connect more deeply with her culture after moving to Wagga Wagga, in southern New South Wales. “I paint a lot so I found a bit of connection there and enjoyed learning more about my culture,” he said. “Then I moved here [Wagga Wagga]. I met s
