NAIDOC week is being celebrated around the region. Standing for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee, NAIDOC was established in the 1920s when Aboriginal groups sought to increase awareness in the wider community of the status and treatment of indigenous Australians.

Cairns Regional Council will celebrate NAIDOC Week with special 'Storytime' sessions at libraries this week including Mossman Library on today at 10.30am.

Mayor Bob Manning said an event at Fogarty Park in Cairns tomorrow would provide information on government and community services available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

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“It is also a showcase of indigenous culture, with traditional and contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entertainment,” Cr Manning said.

Traditional owners, indigenous guests and speakers will also officially commemorate NAIDOC Week 2012 celebrations in Mossman next Monday at 10am at the Cairns Regional Council – Mossman Administration Building.

In Port Douglas the Wabul Wabul dancers will perform next Tuesday at 1pm at the Coles complex in Port Village.

Pictured: Celebrations at the 2011 NAIDOC awards