New Indigenous eBooks

Each week the library adds new eResources to the collection. Below is a selection of indigenous eBooks now available. Click on ‘Check Availability’ to view through the Library Catalogue.

• Mutton fish : the surviving culture of Aboriginal people and abalone on the south coast of New South Wales – The story of the Aboriginal people of the south coast of New South Wales as told through the metaphor of Haliotis (mutton fish). Check Availability
• Negotiating claims : the emergence of indigenous land claim negotiation policies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States – Explores why a government would choose to implement a negotiation policy, where it commits itself to a long-run strategy of negotiation over a number of claims and over a significant course of time. Check Availability
• Non-Western educational traditions : indigenous approaches to educational thought and practice – Provides a brief yet comprehensive overview of a number of non-Western approaches to educational thought and practice. Check Availability
• Our heart is the land : Aboriginal reminiscences from the Western Lake Eyre Basin – Collection of Aboriginal oral histories focuses on themes such as dreamings, religious life, living off the land, epidemics, droughts and floods, and self-management. Check Availability
• Our place, our music : Aboriginal music ; Australian popular music in perspective – The inside story of Aboriginal music in Australia. Check Availability
• Participating in development : approaches to indigenous knowledge – Focuses on how to define indigenous knowledge as well as which disciplines should take on the responsibility of its investigation. Check Availability
• Reclaiming culture : Indigenous people and self-representation – Focuses on the renewal (or rekindling) of cultural identity. Check Availability
• Social welfare with indigenous peoples – Examines the treatment of many indigenous populations from five continental areas. Check Availability

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