Anthony Albanese will switch the focus in Indigenous affairs policy towards the economic empowerment of First Nations communities, in a speech at the Garma Festival in Arnhem Land on Saturday.
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Many Indigenous people want to help protect their traditional lands. That requires deciding which species and habitat matter most to them.
Praiseworthy is the defining work written on this continent so far this century. It defies classification.
Efforts by First Nations groups to thin dense forest regrowth have come under fire in Victoria. The solution isn’t to restore “wilderness” – it’s to manage Country.
The dispute between the Blueberry River First Nations and the government of B.C. reveals deeper issues with imposed Indigenous governance systems.
Although there is now a wide body of public information about residential schools, many people continue to have limited knowledge about them. That provides fertile ground for misinformation.
Our new report makes 12 recommendations for how industry, government, educators and First Nations communities can create jobs and fulfilling careers in clean energy.
The Winnipeg-based series has screened over 100 films in multiple genres by Indigenous filmmakers, and brings filmmakers together with audiences as a form of public education.
All canoe trips pass through the territories of Indigenous Peoples who are rightsholders to those lands. How can canoers work to account and reconcile for colonialism in Canada?
Our research at the site – which was traditionally restricted to women – has also uncovered tools previously only associated with male crafters.
While there is no simple answer to the question, our experts all agree Australia has a serious problem when it comes to racism.
Lowering Indigenous incarceration rates is a key aim of the Closing The Gap targets, but there are more First Nations people behind bars than ever. How did this happen and what can fix it?
Many First Nations celebrate the time when boats from across the Indonesian archipelago were not intercepted by Australian authorities.
Truth-telling is vital to building a greater understanding between First Nations and non-Indigenous Australians. New research offers insights into how this can be done.
Indigenous people have long spoken about coercive practices of officials and experts around birth control, as late as the 1960s. Now historians are finding evidence in the government’s own records.
U.S. laws on the repatriation of Indigenous artifacts and remains still uphold inequities in the relationships between Indigenous people and the agencies holding their materials.
Barrow Island off the coast of Western Australia holds a unique record of First Nations people. For millennia, they lived on vast plains that are now drowned by the sea.
Much of the $4 billion to be spent over ten years will go into maintenance and the preparation of blocks. It will also build Indigenous employment and Indigenous skills.
Ontario’s Ring of Fire could make Canada a minerals superpower, but Indigenous consultation is essential to ensure doing so does not harm reconciliation or Canada’s global reputation.
To First Nations women, ‘care’ is more broad and all-encompassing than traditional definitions. We need a new approach to capturing, and appreciating, their work, paid and unpaid.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Assistant professor, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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York Research Chair in Environmental Law & Justice in the Green Economy, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Integrated Knowledge, Engineering and Sustainable Communities, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor, Indigenous Methodologies, Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies, Trent University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Guelph
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Research fellow in ecology and land management, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Associate Dean, and Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
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Postdoctoral fellow, School of Public Policy & Administration, Carleton University
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Indigenous knowledge holder, Indigenous Knowledge
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
