Treaty : Let’s get it right!.

✍ Scribed by coll.

• Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 234
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

These essays were commissioned to stimulate discussion and debate about a treaty between Indigenous and white Australians. It is an important contribution to the national dialogue in Australia, a nation that has been shaped by a history that contains little trace of Treaty of peaceful co-existence amongst Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. The contributors include the most important thinkers and writers in the country.  Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Preliminaries
Foreword
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Citizenship Assimilation and a Treaty
Practical Steps Towards a Treaty Structures Challenges and the
Unfinished Business A Shadow Across Our Relationships
Negotiating Settlements Indigenous Peoples Settler States and the
How Do We Treat Our Treasures Indigenous Heritage Rights in a Treaty
Indigenous Education Languages and Treaty The Redefinition of a
Who's Your Mob The Politics of Aboriginal Identity and the
Native Title Tides of History and Our Continuing Claims for Justice. International Human Rights Law and the Domestic Treaty ProcessIndigenous Disadvantage Indigenous Governance and the Notion of a
Treaty and the Self determination Agendas of Torres Strait Islanders
Mabo Ten Years On Small Step or Giant Leap
Sorry Day Speech Melbourne 2003
Bibliography
Notes.

✦ Subjects

Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations