This vital and timely book is the first sustained investigation of the creative strategies employed by two Australian Indigenous nations in re-asserting their sovereign capacities for self-determination. Continuing the remarkable history of Indigenous peoples resisting settler-colonialism, these nations echo the resurgence of collective cultural identity and political capacity evident across Australia.
Describing and comparing the governance innovations developed by Elders and leaders of the Gunditjmara People and the Ngarrindjeri Nation reveals the distinctive contributions made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations to a worldwide movement of Indigenous nation rebuilding. Facing the realities of structuring and rebuilding Indigenous nationhood, the political techniques set out in Indigenous Nation-Building in Australia range from transforming localised instances of injustice to developing communities and protecting ancestral Country. By sharing these Australian Indigenous leaders' insights, this book provides practical, sophisticated and tested methods to further Indigenous self-government across the globe.
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This work presents an applied analysis of Indigenous nationhood, and cauterizes anthropological approaches to Indigenous self-determination in the process. These authors know exactly what is at stake for Indigenous Nations, and they share research that is strengths-based in the truest sense of the word; deeply sensitive to complexity and lived experience and wholly committed to Indigenous authority. Focused, practical and inherently decolonial, this work clarifies and extends conceptual models built from real-world practices of strengthening Indigenous nationhood.
This book is also a powerful and generous gift of knowledge from the Gunditjmara People and the Ngarrindjeri Nation. By sharing their stories of resistance and rebuilding-challenges faced, and victories won-these Indigenous nations show what can be achieved for Country and culture, and the next generation who will carry responsibility for both. * Professor Nikki Moodie (Gomeroi), University of Melbourne * From the legacy and actions of our old people, the shared insights inspire Indigenous nation building and leadership in practice to shape the future of our coming generations. * Donna Murray, Wiradyuri citizen and nation building practitioner * A crucial and timely contribution to support the international grassroots movement of Indigenous Peoples in their pursuit of self-determination. * Joan Timeche (Hopi), Executive Director (2009-2025), Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona, USA *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Broschur/Paperback
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2 maps, 1 illustration, 1 table
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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978-1-350-44128-6 (9781350441286)
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Alison Vivian is a lawyer and Senior Researcher in Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures at Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
Larissa Behrendt is the Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
Damien Bell is Chief Executive Officer of Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation (GMTOAC), Australia.
Stephen Cornell is Professor of sociology, faculty chair of the Native Nations Institute at the University of Arizona, USA.
Steve Hemming is a member of the Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures research hub at the University of Technology, Australia.
Miriam Jorgensen is a Research Director at the University of Arizona Native Nations Institute, USA and Research Director of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
Daryle Rigney is director of the Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures research hub at Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
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University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, Australia
University of Arizona Native Nations Institute, USA
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
University of Arizona, USA
1. Resistance, Resilience and Resurgence
2. The Gunditjmara People
3. The Ngarrindjeri Nation
4. Gunditjmara and Ngarrindjeri Strategies for Nation Building
5. Facing the Realities of Indigenous Nation Building
6. (Re)Building Indigenous Governments
7. The Path Ahead: Changing the Conversation
