Introduction

Abstract

This chapter initiates discussion about broader context of Indigenous sovereignty, and its existence and refusal within the everyday, demonstrating that colonisation is a living process. It offers insights about how white possession is exerted, and how Indigenous sovereignty is denied, raising questions that should concern all of the reader about the future of Indigenous people, the character of national identity and the nation in which the people all live. Phillip Falk and Gary Martin conclude that the court's persistent use of the external model to deal with Indigenous sovereignty issues suggests it is another example of judicial racism at work. Henrietta Marrie provides an overview of the current state of Indigenous traditional knowledges and natural resource rights as they are asserted within Indigenous declarations and protected by United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Phillip Morrissey argues that Clendinnen's work is designed for settler consumption because it offers rendering of history that abrades the corporeality of Indigenous sovereignty in everyday encounter.

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