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People on country : vital landscapes, indigenous futures

Title
People on country : vital landscapes, indigenous futures / editors, Jon Altman, Seán Kerins.
Author
Altman, Jon C., 1954-
Publication
Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors
Kerins, Seán.
Description
xxii, 250 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Summary
Seeks to reposition Indigenous people and their caring for country activities from the margins to the very core of the growing national conversation on issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and resource depletion. It challenges the Australian public, policy community and politicians to re-imagine the role of Caring for Country movement.
Subject
  • Aboriginal Australians > Land tenure
  • Aboriginal Australians > Land tenure > Economic aspects
  • Aboriginal Australians > Economic conditions
  • Aboriginal Australians > Social conditions
  • Environment - Biodiversity
  • Environment - Land management - Rehabilitation
  • Occupations - Rangers and park workers
  • Environment - Conservation - Conservation areas
  • Land rights - Handbacks
  • Land rights - Ownership
  • Aboriginal Australians > Economic conditions
  • Aboriginal Australians > Land tenure
  • Aboriginal Australians > Social conditions
  • Aborigines
  • Ort Motiv
  • Landschaft Motiv
  • Grundeigentum
  • Landnutzung
  • Lebensbedingungen
  • Iwi taketake
  • Australien
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
People on country as alternate development / Jon Altman -- Caring for country to working on country / Seán Kerins -- Conducting two-way ecological research / Emilie Ens -- Indigenous rangers and the customary economy / Geoff Buchanan and Katherine May -- Country as classroom / Bill Fogarty -- North to south? / Janet Hunt -- Dhimurru wind of change / Mandaka Marika and Steve Roeger -- Ranger djäma? : Manymak! / Banduk Marika ... [et al.] -- A long walk home to Warddewardde / Peter Cooke -- Countrymen standing together / Victor Rostron, Wesley Campion, and Ivan Namarnyilk -- Commitment to our country / Cherry Daniels ... [et al.] -- No more yardin' us up like cattle / Jack Green and Jimmy Morrison -- Reconnecting with culture for future generations / Tanya Patterson -- Indigenous futures on country / Jon Altman -- Appendix 1. The people on country project / Elisabeth Yarbakhsh -- Appendix 2. Engaging the state / Seán Kerins and Elisabeth Yarbakhsh.
ISBN
  • 9781862878938
  • 1862878935
LCCN
2012493492
OCLC
  • ocn801472119
  • 801472119
  • SCSB-1672130
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library