[7] The party was founded by former independent candidate Maurie Japarta Ryan, grandson of Aboriginal Australian activist Vincent Lingiari.

[4] The policies of the party focused on issues such as Northern Territory statehood and Aboriginal sovereignty.

[4][3] In 2010, the party supported a number of independent candidates as they were not registered in time for the federal election.

[8] The party ran candidates, including Warren H Williams, in 8 of the 25 unicameral Northern Territory Parliament seats at the 2012 territory election, winning 2.2 percent of the territory-wide vote.

[9] The party ran two Northern Territory Senate candidates including Rosalie Kunoth-Monks at the 2013 federal election winning 1.4 percent of the Northern Territory Senate vote.