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Past disgrace a symbol uniting Indigenous stars

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Indigenous Round in the NRL started as a celebration of talent.
It was a week to honour the offloading of Arthur Beetson, the Johnathan Thurston dummy, the speed of Jimmy the Jet and the aggression of Gorden Tallis.
It has developed into so much more.
Johnathan Thurston (Getty)
The round is now part of a movement much bigger than you, me, rugby league or sport for that matter.
The most powerful Indigenous people in Australian society are sportsmen.
A group of current NRL players have reali…

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