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Trapped by History - The Indigenous-State Relationship in Australia (Paperback)
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Trapped by History - The Indigenous-State Relationship in Australia (Paperback)
Series: Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures
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The Australian nation has reached an impasse in Indigenous policy
and practice and fresh strategies and perspectives are required.
Trapped by History highlights a fundamental issue that the
Australian nation must confront to develop a genuine relationship
with Indigenous Australians. The existing relationship between
Indigenous people and the Australian state was constructed on the
myth of an empty land - terra nullius. Interactions with Indigenous
people have been constrained by eighteenth-century assumptions and
beliefs that Indigenous people did not have organised societies,
had neither land ownership nor a recognisable form of sovereignty,
and that they were 'savage' but could be 'civilized' through the
erasure of their culture. These incorrect assumptions and beliefs
are the foundation of the legal, constitutional and political
treatment of Indigenous Australians over the course of the
country's history. They remain ingrained in governmental
institutions, Indigenous policy making, judicial decision making
and contemporary public attitudes about Indigenous people. Trapped
by History shines new light upon historical and contemporary
examples where Indigenous people have attempted to engage and
dialogue with state and federal governments. These governments have
responded by trying to suppress and discredit Indigenous rights,
culture and identities and impose assimilationist policies. In
doing so they have rejected or ignored Indigenous attempts at
dialogue and partnership. Other settler countries such as New
Zealand, Canada and the United States of America have all
negotiated treaties with Indigenous people and have developed
constitutional ways of engaging cross culturally. In Australia, the
limited recognition that Indigenous people have achieved to date
shows that the state is unable to resolve long standing issues with
Indigenous people. Movement beyond the current colonial
relationship with Indigenous Australians requires a genuine
dialogue to not only examine the legal and intellectual framework
that constrains Indigenous recognition but to create new
foundations for a renewed relationship based on intercultural
negotiation, mutual respect, sharing and mutual responsibility.
This must involve building a shared understanding around addressing
past injustices and creating a shared vision for how Indigenous
people and other Australians will associate politically in the
future.
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