 A Royal Commission in 1908 exonerated government surveyor Alfred Canning, after an appearance by Kimberley explorer John Forrest who asserted that all explorers had acted in such a fashion.Starting with the establishment of settlements like Bidyadanga, Papunya, and Jigalong, many of who would become the Martu moved or were taken from the desert to these settlements, especially Jigalong, where missionaries and officials encouraged them to stop foraging by causing reliance on market goods.While they did incorporate market goods into their economy, their communion at Jigalong served their realization of common interests and identities as Martu more than it did their assimilation to European institutions.