Beyond the Meeting of the Waters reminds us that the campaign for justice is a long and abiding process. It is not measured in moments, but generations.
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Native American lands contain 30% of the nation’s coal, 50% of its uranium and 20% of its natural gas, as well as copper, lithium and rare earth elements.
Democracies thrive on adapting and changing to new injustices and problems. The failure of the Voice referendum raises questions about Australia’s democratic health.
The case settles a longstanding question: how does a civil marriage affect a couple’s earlier customary marriage?
New Closing the Gap data show Australia is on track to meet just four targets, while another four are getting worse. It’s time for a different approach.
The Yoorrook Justice Commission reports are powerful and historic. But the question remains: will they change anything?
A balance needs to be struck between the protection of teenagers and the preservation of culture.
Zulu custom opposes divorce except in very particular circumstances. But King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has turned to the courts to end his marriage.
The B.C. Court’s dismissal of Chief Dsta’hyl’s justification that he was following Wet’suwet’en law points to the need for broader discussion regarding rights and jurisdiction.
While the New Zealand government removes reference to the Treaty in the Oranga Tamariki Act, Canada and even Australia are taking steps in the opposite direction on Indigenous children’s rights.
A new book sheds light on the moral frameworks of human governance among our First Nations, showing how we can heal as a nation by living with each other and the natural world.
Saskatchewan’s provincial government must work with Indigenous nations on a shared vision for the future that is more likely to withstand the tests of time and litigation.
Indigenous economic development corporations can generate income for communities and support the transition to clean energy.
To address the climate and biodiversity crises, we must stop criminalizing Indigenous Peoples for exercising their treaty rights and start upholding them instead.
Watch 30 years since Mabo, a live-streamed event hosted by State Library of Queensland and The Conversation honouring the activism of Eddie Mabo.
When judges, legislators, and policymakers neglect the foundational dynamics of indigenous customs, they worsen conflict between indigenous laws and state laws.
Canada’s new governor general will have to fuse the British, French, American and Indigenous elements of Canada that together are the core of the country.
Indigenous land defenders: Don’t Call Me Resilient EP 6 transcript.
South African customary law should be understood from the perspective of dissonance between the past and the present.
Two new coins released by the Royal Australian Mint celebrate Indigenous astronomers, who have used the stars to map changing seasons, inform the behaviours of plants and animals, and encode Law.
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Professor of African legal pluralism, University of the Western Cape
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Assistant Professor, University of Alberta
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York Research Chair in Environmental Law & Justice in the Green Economy, York University, Canada
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Adjunct Professor in Administrative Law, York University, Canada
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Professor of English and Literary Arts, University of Denver
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Associate Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland
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Professor of law, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor and Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Law and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights in Constitutional and International Law, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor of Political Science, University of Guelph
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Environmental Management, James Cook University
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Senior Lecturer Indigenous Knowledges, Deakin University
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Adjunct professor, U of T Faculty of Law, University of Toronto