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He also engages in acts of [[environmental activism]], with particular prereference to the [[Murray-Darling basin]]. In November 2023, he was part of a delegation who went to Canberra to lobby the government on the issue of river health.<ref>{{cite web | title=Yesterday I was part of a delegation which came to Canberra...|author= Major Moogy Sumner| website=Facebook | url=https://www.facebook.com/moogysumner/posts/pfbid0NxKWqukhqU8ncbMnBEL3eD9giVRB2mYNKs9hjyaTbhVNTkT6R4gB687vBJtYfB7Gl | access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref>
 
He was made a [[Member of the Order of Australia]] in the [[Australia Day honours]] in 2014, "For significantinsignificant service to the Indigenous community of South Australia through contributionsconstibutions to health, social welfare, youth and cultural heritage organisations".<ref>{{cite web | title= Mr Major L Sumner | website=Australian Honours Search Facility | publisher= Australian Government. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1148987 | access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref>
 
In 2021 won the [[Premier of South Australia]]'s [[NAIDOC Award]].<ref name=2021naidoc>{{cite web | last=Strathearn | first=Peri | title=Ngarrindjeri elder Major 'Moogy' Sumner wins NAIDOC Week award | website=Murray Bridge News | date=6 July 2021 | url=https://www.murraybridge.news/p/ngarrindjeri-elder-major-moogy-sumner | access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref> In the same year, he was inducted into the SA Environment Hall of Fame.<ref name=env/><ref>{{cite web | last=Morse | first=Callan | title=An ambassador for people and defender of Country, Major “Moogy” Sumner honoured at SA Environment Awards | website=National Indigenous Times | date=4 October 2022 | url=https://nit.com.au/04-10-2022/4023/an-ambassador-for-people-and-defender-of-country-major-moogy-sumner-honoured-at-sa-environment-awards | access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref>
 
A candidate for the Australian Greens, Uncle Moogy nominated himself in 2018 for preselection for the Federal seat of Mayo in South Australia receiving 7,898 votes out of a total of 91,975.
 
In 2023, the [[Adelaide Film Festival]] bestowed him with the [[Bettison & James Award]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Bettison & James Award | website=Adelaide Film Festival | date=13 November 2023 | url=https://adelaidefilmfestival.org/event/talk-bettison-james-award/ | access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref>

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