This discussion paper explores common features of the Indigenous reconciliation debate in both Canada and Australia.

Maps to Success is the product of a national study to chart initiatives in local Indigenous organisations that had helped to promote community wellbeing and overcome disadvantage. It is a handbook Indigenous organisations can use in developing their own strategies for success.

Informed by a wide-ranging study of community experiences, this is a policy paper for funding agencies and government policy and program developers on proven successful strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations.

The Native Title Act emphasises agreement-making through non-adversarial approaches such as mediation, facilitation and negotiation. This final report of the AIATSIS Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project provides best practice approaches.

A PowerPoint presentation given at AIATSIS in 2006 summarising the Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project.

This is the story of one Indigenous woman's thoughts and analysis of the first 12 months of the Government's new arrangements in the administration of Indigenous affairs. It also outlines the background, the details and the impact of the new arrangements on Indigenous people.

Research into decision-making and conflict management and the role �culture’ plays in such processes is assuming increasing importance globally. This bibliography provides a broad range of references and some practical resources concerning culture, decision-making, conflict management and native title in Australia.

This paper reviews the progress of litigation by members of the Stolen Generations in Australia's courts. It looks at the key applicants and their claims, the unique difficulties they have encountered and the limitations of the litigation process.

A review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC). Topics include its origins, public and political statements, public policy and research relevant to ATSIC.

This paper examines and explains the catastrophic reduction of the Indigenous Australian population. It also looks at disease as a form of genocide, the killing of Indigenous people, forced assimilation, the Stolen Generations, and the apology and acknowledgement.

This paper addresses how to effectively service the needs of Aboriginal people; encourage good governance through self-determination and ensure respect for civil and human rights within Aboriginal communities. It looks at the example of the Harvard Project on Indian Economic Development (US) relating it to problems rather than solutions within the context of Aboriginal political life.