This paper presents the key points and challenges addressed by Dr Mark Rose in his keynote presentation at the Yapaneyepuk Indigenous Education Conference, held on 27-28 May 2007. The author explores the concept of cultural genocide as the progeny of colonialism and how this has impacted on the education of indigenous Australians. Specifically, he investigates how indigenous knowledge, culture and tradition have been relegated to the fringe of the curriculum in most streams of the educational supply chain
