Central themes included are: Indigenous governance and socio-cultural relationships with water, water allocation and implications for water rights, legal framework for water and territorial rights, and drinking water issues on reserves.
Contends that Impact and Benefit Agreements (IBAs) can help to build constructive and mutually beneficial relationships between mining companies and Aboriginal communities.
Part of: Proceedings of the 59th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (2013)
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 2015, pp. 47-59
Description
Discusses two works of importance to critical indigenous studies.
Book review essay:
The White Possessive: Property, Power and Indigenous Sovereignty by Aileen Moreton-Robinson.
Mohawk Interrruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States by Audra Simpson.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 2, Settler Colonial Biopolitics and Indigenous Lifeways, 2018, pp. 1-10
Description
Introduces this issue of the journal; stresses the issue’s focus on settler colonial discourses which racialize, regulate and dismiss Indigenous cultures, ontologies, social/spiritual practices, and bodies. Notes the resulting effect of dispossession and depoliticization of Indigenous peoples.
Book review of: Invasion to Embassy: Land in Aboriginal Politics in New South Wales, 1770-1972 by Heather Goodall.
Review located by scrolling to page 274.
CLPE Research Paper Series, vol. 04, no. 05, 2008, pp. ii, 1-37
Description
Examines the sources, content and proof of land rights of Indigenous peoples in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand from the common law perspective. Allow time for the link to download the article.
Response, by the Aboriginals, to the issues of statehood and governance in the Northern Territory of Australia. This statement was produced in Kalkaringi in August 1998.
Book review of: A Life Together, A Life Apart by Bain Attwood, Winifred Burrage, Alan Burrage and Elsie Stokie.
Review located by scrolling to page 268.
LGD - Law, Social Justice & Global Development, no. 2, 2013, pp. [1]-23
Description
Looks at the impact the wall has on the Nde' Apache and the basis for the Truth & Memory Commission. Briefly discusses the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Australian Aboriginal Claims for redress.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Fall, 2003, pp. 27-66
Description
Studies the interaction of Indigenous peoples, nation states and national parks. The article also discusses how new management models allow Indigenous influenced park policy.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 33-74
Description
Discusses the landmark Australian case, the Mabo decision in the historical context of race relations and reviews issues such as separation of powers doctrine, terra nullius, sovereignty, and Native title.
Website highlights the significance of the 1881 Parliamentary Coranderrk Inquiry through research, education and performance to educate the broader population and attempt to redress the injustices produced from that history.
Nine indicators used: recognition of land/title, self-government rights, cultural rights, and customary law, upholding historic treaties and/or signing new treaties, guarantees of representation/consultation in central government, affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international instruments, and affirmative action.
2nd edition.
Nine indicators were used: recognition of land/title, self-government, customary law, and culture; legal affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international indigenous rights instruments, affirmative action, upholding and/or signing new treaties, and guarantees of representation/consultation in central government.
Aboriginal History, vol. 42, December 2018, pp. 3-30
Description
Author explores the origins and history of the National Aborigines Day Observance Committee (NADOC) and discusses the evolution of the narrative promoted by the committee.
Details five key recommendations in the areas of the right to self-determination, health and mental health workforce, social and cultural determinants of health, digital and telehealth inclusion, and Indigenous data sovereignty.
"A Paper for those who wish to understand Mabo, the Native Title Act, Wik and the Ten Point Plan".
Revised edition incorporating the Senate's amendments.
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 2, no. 1, April 1997, p. 10
Description
Argues that the Canadian case, R versus Van Der Peet, has allowed the Australian Courts to interpret Aboriginal or Native title in a more restrictive manner.