Developing Governance and Governing Development: International Case Studies of Indigenous Futures

by Diane Smith (Editor), Alice Wighton (Editor), Stephen Cornell (Editor), Adam Vai Delaney (Editor)

Overview

Globally, far too many discussions about Indigenous governance and development are dominated by accounts of disadvantage, deficit and failure. This book paints a different international picture, testifying to Indigenous peoples as agents of governance innovation and successful developers in their own right, telling stories in their words, from their own experiences and countries. From Indigenous voices, we hear alternative concepts and measures of effectiveness, legitimacy, success and sustainability.

Indigenous stories and voices are captured as case study chapters, written in lively, clear language about what is happening that is promising and productive in Indigenous self-determined governance for self-determined development in Canada, Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and the USA; all English colonial–settler countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538158418
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/03/2023
Series:	Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures
Pages:	508
Product dimensions:	6.09(w) x 8.80(h) x 1.09(d)

About the Author

Diane Smith is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian Nation University.

Stephen Cornell is Faculty Chair of the Native Nations Institute, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, and Emeritus Director of the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona.

Adam Delaney is a full-time PhD scholar with the Australian National University.

Alice Wighton is a Research Officer at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian Nation University.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Jason Glanville Introduction: Indigenous Resurgence for Governing Development, Diane Smith THEME ONE: GOVERNING RIGHTS AND INTERESTS Thematic Introduction: Concepts, Issues and Trends, Diane Smith 1. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: How Far We’ve Come and the Road Ahead, S. James Anaya 2. Indigenous Governance and Native Title in Australia, Ivan Ingram 3. Reconciling Interests and Rights within Māori Institutions of Governing, Annie Te One 4. Identifying a Legal Framework for a Treaty between Australia’s First Peoples and the State, Asmi Wood and Christie Gardiner 5. The United Houma Nation: Whose Governance? By Whom? For Whom? Adam Crepelle THEME TWO: GOVERNING FOR NATION-BUILDING Thematic Introduction: Concepts, Issues and Trends, Diane Smith 6. Treating Treaty as a Technology for Indigenous Nation-Building, Daryle Rigney, Simone Bignall, Alison Vivian, Steve Hemming, Shaun Berg and Damein Bell 7. Ancient Spirit, Modern Mind: The Huu-ay-aht Journey Back to Self-Determination and Self-Reliance, Angela Wesley 8. Culturally Centred, Community Led: Wiradjuri Nation-Rebuilding through Honouring the Wiradjuri Way, Donna Murray and Debra Evans 9. Nation Rebuilders: An Indigenous Self-Governance Strategy, Joan Timeche 10. Can a Self-Determination Strategy Improve Indigenous Health Care? Evidence from the United States, Stephanie Russo Carroll, Stephen Cornell, and Miriam Jorgensen THEME THREE: GOVERNING DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES Thematic Introduction: Concepts, Issues and Trends, Diane Smith 11. Rebuilding the Yawuru Nation: Activating Cultural Assets for Economic Growth and Stability, Peter Yu 12. The Red Lake Walleye Recovery Project: Tribal Governance for Sustainable Success, Miriam Jorgensen, Allen Pemberton, Pat Brown and David Conner 13. Making First Nation Law: The Listuguj Mi’gmaq Fishery National Centre for First Nations Governance and the Native Nations Institute, Smith et al 14. Instilling Good Governance for Community Prosperity: A Canadian Experience, Jamie Sterritt 15. Nation-building through Social Enterprise in Māori Communities, Sacha McMeeking THEME FOUR: GOVERNING AS TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP Thematic Introduction: Concepts, Issues and Trends, Diane Smith 16 Healing, Decolonisation and Governance, Bhiamie Williamson 17. ‘You’re Not Just a Leader, You Are an Indigenous Leader’: Empowering Native American Women for Governing, Karen Diver 18. Mana Wāhine: We Care So Much It Exhausts Us! Mera Penehira 19. The Trials and Legacy of Delgamuukw: Transforming Rights into Outcomes for Canadian First Nations Peoples, Neil J. Sterritt References Index