Title Going it alone? : prospects for Aboriginal autonomy / edited by Robert Tonkinson and Michael Howard

Published Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1990 Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 1990 ©1990

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W'PONDS	323.119915 Ton/Gia		AVAILABLE

Description xi, 252 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm Contents Part One -- The Berndts -- Part Two -- 1. Aboriginal autonomy in policy and practice: an introduction - 2. European domination and cultural confusion: forced change among the Pitjantjatjara - 3. Development and politics in an interethnic field: Aboriginal interest associations - 4. The changing status of Aboriginal women: 'free agents' at Jigalong - 5. Aboriginal development in theoretical perspective: from the heavens down or the ground up - 6. Government policy and Aboriginal aspirations: self-management at Yalata - 7. Autonomy in the Aboriginal education : a quest at Carnarvon - 8. Welfare colonialism: developing divisions at Wiluna - 9. Autonomy and dependency: the experience at Mount Margaret - 10. Government policies and religious strategies: fighting with myth at Noonkanbah Summary Festschrift for Ronald and Catherine Berndt examining relationship between governments self management policies and actual practice in Aboriginal communities; contributions by R. Firth, C. Levi-Strauss, R. Tonkinson and M. Howard, R. and C. Berndt, N. Wallace, H. Dagmar, R. Tonkinson, D. Turner, K. Palmer, D. Gray and S. Saggers, L . Sackett, J. Stanton, E. Kolig, annotated separately Notes "Essays in honour of Ronald and Catherine Berndt" - Title page Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Copy 4 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Subject Berndt, Catherine H. (Catherine Helen), 1918-1994. Berndt, Ronald M. (Ronald Murray), 1916-1990. Aboriginal Australians -- Economic conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Finance. Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Financial affairs Genre/Form Festschriften. Author Berndt, Catherine H. (Catherine Helen), 1918-1994. Berndt, Ronald M. (Ronald Murray), 1916-1990. Howard, Michael C., editor Tonkinson, Robert, editor Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. LC no. 90191545 ISBN 0855752114 (paperback)

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