Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Self-Determination in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States
2006 by the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management,and Policy on behalf of the Arizona Board of Regents and the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
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December 31, 2006

Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Self-Determination in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States

Author: Stephen Cornell

Publishers: Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development , Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy on behalf of the Arizona Board of Regents

In this paper, the author assesses the Indigenous peoples' situations in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States and the mismatch between their demands for self-determination and state programs to address socio-economic disadvantage. The author then presents evidence from the United States that Indigenous self-determination and self-government are essential bases for improving the socio-economic conditions of Indigenous peoples, explores some of the issues raised by this evidence, and concludes with implications for policy-makers.