The phrase "indigenous elders" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the respected, traditional leaders of an indigenous group. For example, "The indigenous elders of the Yaqui tribe met to discuss the proposed development on their land."
The commonwealth's National Heritage List has finally recognised a symbolic part of central Melbourne where the bones of many Indigenous elders lay buried.
The findings reflect a 2014 report into Indigenous youth suicide called Culture is Life, which compiled interviews with Indigenous elders and outreach workers from across Australia.
It was from the nearby settlement of Yirrkala that, in 1963, indigenous elders took their first petition, written on bark, to Canberra, calling on parliament to recognise aboriginal land rights.
But indigenous elders say they aren't being listened to when they tell the government their whale kin are sick, and trying to escape an increasingly polluted and unpredictable ocean.
Like the riders before them, this new generation of students have been meeting with Indigenous elders and entering schools, town halls and missions, in the hopes of understanding the complex challenges such communities face.
Indigenous elders and outreach workers from the Culture is Life campaign will this week visit Sydney to raise awareness of a report which interviewed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders about the crisis of suicide in their communities.
Indigenous elder Ken Canning said Indigenous Australians "knew it was happening all across the country".
Geronima is an indigenous elder lesbian who is being unjustly held at Stanville Correctional Facility.
She said a story told her by an Indigenous Elder helped her see what her mission in the world was.
Charles is jet-lagged and still reeling from a cameo where he plays an Indigenous elder in the upcoming Warner Brothers Peter Pan prequel Pan, currently filming in London.
There's an appearance by Indigenous elder Aunty Barbara Wingard and awarded AFL footballer Chad Wingard, while singer-songwriter Kutcha Edwards is an additional, affecting presence.
