The blue-tongued lizard at the heart of one school's reconciliation journey

So, in Darwin, we're saltwater people and our totems are generally based on the environments around us," Fejo tells SBS News.In many Aboriginal cultures, people may inherit multiple totems connected to different aspects of identity and kinship — including Country, clan, family lines, or personal spiritual connections And you have a sort of responsibility to make sure that this thing continues to thrive."That responsibility is part of a broader kinship system that shapes relationships with Country."In the Aboriginal world, there is nothing that isn't kin, even a rock or an outcrop of rocks, even grains of sand