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Indigenous Nation-Building in Australia
Resistance, Resilience, Resurgence
Indigenous Nation-Building in Australia
Resistance, Resilience, Resurgence
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Description
This vital and timely book is the first sustained investigation of the creative strategies employed by two Australian Indigenous nations in re-asserting their sovereign capacities for self-determination. Continuing the remarkable history of Indigenous peoples resisting settler-colonialism, these nations echo the resurgence of collective cultural identity and political capacity evident across Australia.
Describing and comparing the governance innovations developed by Elders and leaders of the Gunditjmara People and the Ngarrindjeri Nation reveals the distinctive contributions made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations to a worldwide movement of Indigenous nation rebuilding. Facing the realities of structuring and rebuilding Indigenous nationhood, the political techniques set out in Indigenous Nation-Building in Australia range from transforming localised instances of injustice to developing communities and protecting ancestral Country. By sharing these Australian Indigenous leaders' insights, this book provides practical, sophisticated and tested methods to further Indigenous self-government across the globe.
Table of Contents
2. The Gunditjmara People
3. The Ngarrindjeri Nation
4. Gunditjmara and Ngarrindjeri Strategies for Nation Building
5. Facing the Realities of Indigenous Nation Building
6. (Re)Building Indigenous Governments
7. The Path Ahead: Changing the Conversation
Product details
| Published | Jan 22 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 240 |
| ISBN | 9781350441309 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 2 maps, 1 illustration, 1 table |
| Series | Indigenous Self-Rule |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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