Settling with Indigenous People describes the making of ten contemporary, mostly Australian, local and regional agreements. It details the avenues through which such agreements can be implemented and sustained. It also shows how agreement-making has provided a forum in which indigenous groups can negotiate their needs and aspirations, including fundamental issues of recognition, inclusion, and economic opportunity.

The discussion addresses:

• governance and leadership;
• negotiation strategies, including the role of formal negotiating frameworks;
• the importance of process and outcome;
• the crucial impact of politics and timing;
• the significance of private sector engagement; and
• implementation mechanisms.

The Australian regional agreements concern South West Australia, the Murray-Darling Basin, and Cape York. There is a chapter about the return of the Maralinga lands to its traditional owners and a chapter detailing two local government agreements in central and southwest Australia. Urban agreements in Darwin and Vancouver are compared. There are also chapters on the Northwest Territories and northern Quebec and the Ngai Tahu in the South Island of New Zealand.

The authors include indigenous and non-indigenous academics and others who have been involved in negotiating agreements.

Table of Contents

Foreword - The Hon. Sir Gerard Brennan AC, KBE
Preface
Notes on Contributors
List of Acronyms
Maps

CHAPTER 1: Sharing Land and Resources: Modern Agreements and Treaties with Indigenous People in Settler States
Marcia Langton, Odette Mazel, Lisa Palmer and Maureen Tehan

CHAPTER 2: Shared Citizenship and Self-Government in Canada: A Case Study of James Bay and Nunavik (Northern Quebec)
Lisa Palmer and Maureen Tehan

CHAPTER 3: Keeping the Fires Burning: Grievance and Aspiration in the Ngai Tahu Settlement
Sir Tipene O'Regan, Lisa Palmer and Marcia Langton

CHAPTER 4: "Anchored to the Land": Asserting and Recognising Aboriginal Jurisdiction in the Northwest Territories
Lisa Palmer and Maureen Tehan

CHAPTER 5: Implementing and Monitoring Indigenous Land Use Agreements in the Minerals Industry: The Western Cape Communities Co-existence Agreement
Peter Crooke, Bruce Harvey and Marcia Langton

CHAPTER 6: Planning for Agreement in Cape York Peninsula: The Pastoral Properties Planning Project
Diane Hafner, David Epworth and Matt Salmon

CHAPTER 7: Authority, Knowledge and Values: Indigenous Nations Engagement in the Management of Natural Resources in the Murray-Darling Basin
Monica Morgan, Lisa Strelein and Jessica Weir

CHAPTER 8: Returning Parna Wiru: Restitution of the Maralinga Lands to Traditional Owners in South Australia
Odette Mazel

CHAPTER 9: Agreement-Making in the Local Context: Case Studies from Regional Australia
Kathryn Shain, William Genat and Edward Wensing

CHAPTER 10: Settling Native Title: Pursuing a Comprehensive Regional Agreement in South West Australia
Stuart Bradfield

CHAPTER 11: From Remnant Lands to Sustainable Communities: Negotiating Spaces for Indigenous Land and Jurisdiction in Darwin and Vancouver
Lisa Palmer and Maureen Tehan

References
Index