confines of native title, especially in relation to Access to Country is of critical importance for connection understanding ongoing First Nations obligations and rights and cultural continuity, yet is often made impossible due to to lands and waters, which—regardless of whether a formal the density of population settlement, private property and land claim exists or has succeeded—does not change t. [...] First Nations peoples have the right to free, prior This signals the need to shift from a culture of consultation and informed consent about how their Indigenous Cultural and engagement in urban policy and planning toward and Intellectual Property (ICIP) and knowledges can be genuine partnership and power-sharing. [...] In this sense, First The colonial system has been used to subjugate First Nations communities, and Traditional Custodians in Nations peoples from the time of contact and urban policy particular, can be acknowledged and respected as the continues this legacy today. [...] within industry and government Practitioners in urban policy, planning and development related to urban policy to invest processes have a responsibility to attend to the material in their own education and shifts required toward genuine partnership and power-sharing, and concomitant transformations in the approach learning with curiosity.’ distribution of resources and actual political authority t. [...] A core principle and practice of showing respect This research analysed policy texts from international, is showing up to relationship building and engagement with national and Victoria and NSW; held three yarning circles a level of competence, and not burdening First Nations with First Nations urban practitioners based in NSW and people with the task of educating others.
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Table of Contents
- What this research is about 1
- The context of this research 1
- The key findings 1
- Urban places are sites of dispossession but also of ongoing cultural connection 1
- Urbanisation is a geography of property relationships 1
- First Nations relationships to place are fundamentally different from Western world view 2
- Forms of recognition in urban policy are often fractured complex and shallow 2
- The vital obligation of caring for Country and ancestral connection cannot be simply incorporated or included as they fundamentally sit at odds with the Western world view. 2
- Traditional Custodians have little actual power to veto decisions that impact their Country 4
- Pressure on First Nations people participating due to lack of resources and unrealistic expectations 4
- ...the Native Title Act does not enable native title holders to prevent any further loss or extinguishment of their hard-won native title rights and interests. 4
- What this research means for policy makers 5
- What is needed 5
- Start meaningful genuine relationship building early 5
- Protecting Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property rights 5
- A deeper exploration of a system geared towards reciprocity and two-way power-sharing with First Nations is required. 5
- Non-Indigenous policy practitioners and institutions must take responsibility 6
- Planning as an avenue for cultural healing and repair 6
- Methodology 6
- It is the responsibility of non-Indigenous professionals within industry and government related to urban policy to invest in their own education and approach learning with curiosity. 6
