| ISBN |
085575379X |
| Author |
Nettheim, Garth (author.) |
| Title |
Indigenous peoples and governance structures : a comparative analysis of land and resource management rights / Garth Nettheim, Gary D. Meyers, Donna Craig. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2002. |
| Description |
viii, 489 pages ; 27 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
International law standards -- Environmental and natural resources management by Indigenous peoples in the United States -- Governance by the Indigenous peoples of Native Alaska -- Indigenous resource management in Canada : development and current practices -- Environmental and natural resources management by the Maori in New Zealand -- The North American and New Zealand experience with Indigenous land rights and its application to Australia -- The significance of the Nordic experience for Indigenous governance in Australia -- Indigenous governance by the Inuit of Greenland -- Indigenous governance by the Sami of Scandinavia -- Australian land rights legislation -- Legislative provision for corporations and councils -- Native title legislation -- Environmental and resource management and Indigenous Australians -- Negotiated agreements and regional governance agreements. |
| Summary |
Examines ways Indigenous peoples have used national and international legal mechanisms to create governance structures which facilitate interaction with non-Indigenous governments and structures, while remaining as close as possible to Indigenous structures and processes; includes studies from the United States, Alaska, Canada; New Zealand; Inuit of Greenland; Smai of Scandinavia; comparative study on land rights in North America and New Zealand and its significance to Australia; significance of Indigenous governance in Norway to Australia; describes land-holding and governance structures under land rights legislation in Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory; examines land-holding structures for land acuqired via the Indigenous Land Corporation; proposed amendments for councils and associations legislation; accountability for land councils and legal services in New South Wales; design of Indigenous organisations established to exercise borad governmental powers, particularly in Queensland; governance structures under native title legislation; overviews selected institutions and strategies for Indigenous Australian management of country and types of agreements. |
| Subjects |
Torres Strait Islanders -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Environmental management -- Australia -- Citizen participation |
| Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure |
| Land tenure |
| Native title (Australia) |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Craig, Donna (author.) |
| Meyers, Gary D. (author.) |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
| Permanent OpenURL |
Permalink for this catalogue record |
| Call number |
2018.529 |
