Former Millicent resident and Ngarrindjeri elder Major Sumner (pictured) is making a fresh bid to enter Federal politics.

He has been placed in the winnable second place on the Greens senate ticket for the 2022 poll.

Mr Sumner has previously contested the seat of Mayo for the Greens.

Now living in Adelaide, Mr Sumner spent a significant portion of his early life in Millicent, attended local schools and regularly returns to this region.

Wearing traditional dress, he makes a distinctive sight as he performs indigenous smoking ceremonies at major public occasions.

Mr Sumner was made a Member of the Order of Australia a few years ago for significant service to the Indigenous community of South Australia through contributions to health, social welfare, youth and cultural heritage organisations.

The AM citation for Mr Sumner listed his membership of a large number of community groups including the Aboriginal Prisoners and Offenders Support Services and Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement

Also known as Uncle Moogy, he joined Tal-Kin-Jeri dance group members and indigenous students from Millicent High School, Millicent North Primary School and Murray Bridge High School in 2010 to make a bark canoe.

Called a yuki, it was the first traditional Ngarrindjeri / Boandik bark canoe made on Boandik country in over 100 years.