Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

The reconciliation of resource development and Aboriginal land rights at common law in North America, implications for Australia, by Richard Bartlett

eng

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non fiction

The reconciliation of resource development and Aboriginal land rights at common law in North America

by Richard Bartlett

implications for Australia

Surveys the process of settlement of native title in Canada and the United States, the terms of settlements, and the resulting regimes governing resource development; outlines the constitutional frameworks; early policies; treaties and agreements; resource development on Aboriginal lands; contemporary settlements including Dene and Nunavut, Navajo Reservation; considers implications for Australia; need to accept ligitimacy of native title; role of state and federal governments; regional agreements;