This book investigates whether and how reconciliation in Australia and other settler colonial societies might connect to the attitudes of non-Indigenous people in ways that promote a deeper engagement with Indigenous needs and aspirations. It explores concepts and practices of reconciliation, considering the structural and attitudinal limits to such efforts in settler colonial countries. Bringing together contributions by the world's leading experts on settler colonialism and the politics of reconciliation, it complements current research approaches to the problems of responsibility and engagement between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.

This book investigates whether and how reconciliation in Australia and other settler colonial societies might connect to the attitudes of non-Indigenous people in ways that promote a deeper engagement with Indigenous needs and aspirations. It explores concepts and practices of reconciliation, considering the structural and attitudinal limits to such efforts in settler colonial countries. Bringing together contributions by the world's leading experts on settler colonialism and the politics of reconciliation, it complements current research approaches to the problems of responsibility and engagement between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.

When the UN adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples in 2007, it brought the negative effect of globalization on the
lives of Indigenous peoples to the centre of public debate.The
contributors to this innovative collection extend the discussion by
asking "what can Indigenous peoples' experiences with and
thoughts on globalization tell us about the relationship between
globalization and autonomy and the meaning of the concepts
themselves?"

"Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy" brings together scholars
from multiple disciplines and backgrounds who seek answers to this
question in grounded case studies. Whether the focus is on sea
rights among Torres Strait Islanders, James Bay Cree co-governance, the
transformation of East Cree spirituality, or the co-optation of
linguistics by Mayan activists, each chapter opens a window to view how
indigenous people are engaging with and challenging globalization and
Western views of autonomy.

Taken together, these insightful studies reveal that concepts such
as globalization and autonomy neither encapsulate nor explain
Indigenous peoples' experiences. This book will play a critical
in role in public debate as non-state actors take a more prominent role
on the global stage.

When the UN adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, it brought the negative effect of globalization on the lives of Indigenous peoples to the centre of public debate. This innovative collection extends the discussion by asking, what can Indigenous peoples' experiences with and thoughts on globalization tell us about the relationship between globalization and autonomy and the meaning of the concepts themselves? It presents case studies from around the world to explore how Indigenous peoples are engaging with and challenging globalization and Western views of autonomy. Taken together, these insightful studies reveal that concepts such as globalization and autonomy neither encapsulate nor explain Indigenous peoples' experiences.

This book is a transnational history of indigenous Australians. Indigenous peoples in Australia have always been engaged in transnational encounters. They regulated access to resources, conducted material and cultural exchanges, and managed conflicts and mobility with traditions of diplomacy. Transnational encounters in the classical indigenous world existed under the 'higher authority' of the cosmological realm. Colonisation destroyed much of this. In time though, indigenous peoples used Europeans' own universal ideologies in order to reconstruct their communities. Universal ideologies like humanitarianism and socialism saw 'the Aboriginal problem' against the standards of higher authorities, with which the behaviour of colonial and state authorities could be measured and perhaps regulated. In the twentieth century, the discourse of universal human rights became prominent. The new institutional higher authority of the United Nations emerged. Indigenous Australians were mobilised around campaigns for civil rights and citizenship. From the early 1970s, Indigenous Australians helped build a global movement of indigenous peoples, reforming international institutions and discussions about human rights. The book closes by assessing the achievements of this on-going struggle, both within and outside Australia.