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Aboriginal Affairs: Monologue Or Dialogue?, Vanessa Castejon May 2009

Aboriginal Affairs: Monologue Or Dialogue?, Vanessa Castejon

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

On January 26 2002, the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the first Aboriginal tent embassy was celebrated. In 1972 the tent embassy emerged from the Black Power movement as a manifestation of the call for recognition of Aboriginal sovereignty and the right to self-determination. These claims have been raised continually by some prominent Aboriginal activists, but the main answer given by the government has been the creation of Aboriginal policies and sections for Aboriginal people within the Australian political system. The government, by different means, has brought Aboriginal activists within the system and has diverted attention from their aspirations. …


Enfranchisement, N.A, Jan 2009

Enfranchisement, N.A,

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Reserves, N.A. Jan 2009

Reserves, N.A.

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Royal Proclamation, 1763, N.A. Jan 2009

Royal Proclamation, 1763, N.A.

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


The Indian Act, N.A. Jan 2009

The Indian Act, N.A.

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


'Struggling With Language' : Indigenous Movements For Linguistic Security And The Politics Of Local Community, Robert Lee Nichols Jan 2006

'Struggling With Language' : Indigenous Movements For Linguistic Security And The Politics Of Local Community, Robert Lee Nichols

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

In this article, I explore the relationship between linguistic diversity and political power. Specifically, I outline some of the ways that linguistic diversity has served as a barrier to the centralization of power, thus constraining, for example, the political practice of empire-formation. A brief historical example of this dynamic is presented in the case of Spanish colonialism of the 16th-century. The article proceeds then to demonstrate how linguistic diversity remains tied to struggles against forms of domination. I argue that in contemporary indigenous movements for linguistic security, the languages themselves are not merely conceived of as the object of the …


Aboriginal/Indigenous Citizenship: An Introduction, Patricia K. Wood Jan 2003

Aboriginal/Indigenous Citizenship: An Introduction, Patricia K. Wood

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


The Logic Of Aboriginal Rights, Duncan Ivison Jan 2003

The Logic Of Aboriginal Rights, Duncan Ivison

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

Are there any aboriginal rights? If there are, then what kind of rights are they? Are they human rights adapted and shaped to the circumstances of indigenous peoples? Or are they specific cultural rights, exclusive to members of aboriginal societies? In recent liberal political theory, aboriginal rights are often conceived of as cultural rights and thus as group rights. As a result, they are vulner- able to at least three kinds of objections: i) that culture is not a primary good relevant to the currency of egalitarian justice; ii) that group rights are inimical to the moral individualism of liberal …