Volume 11 Number 2

CONTENTS

Commentary

Indigenous Family Violence: Towards Committed Long-term Action
Kyllie Cripps

Breaking the Deadlock: Developing an Indigenous Response to Protecting Indigenous Traditional Knowledge
Michael Dodson and Olivia Barr

The Genographic Project: Traditional Knowledge and Population Genetics
Matthew Rimmer

Offshore Native Title- Currents in Sea Claims Jurisprudence
Alexandra Grey

Scientific Theft of Remains in Colonial Australia - A Postscript
Paul Turnbull

Court and Tribunal Decisions

Australia
Risk v Northern Territory [2007] FCAFC 519
Bropho v State of Western Australia [2007] FCA 519
Lansen & Ors v NT Minister for Mines and Energy [2007] NTSC 28
Nicholson-Brown v Jennings [2007] NTSC 28

USA
Navajo Nation v U.S Forestry Services (9th Circuit, 2007)

Digest

Legislative Developments
Native Title (Amendment) Act 2007 (Cth)
McArthur River Project Amendment (Ratification of Mining Authorities) Act 2007 (NT)
Wild Rivers and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2006 (QLD)
Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (Vic)
Children’s Commissioner Act 2006 (WA)

Inquiries and Reports
Inquiry into the Native Title (Technical Amendments) Bill 2007
A Legacy of Harm: Occidental Petroleum in Indigenous Territory in the Peruvian Amazon
Maze of Injustice - The Failure to Protect Indigenous Women from Sexual Violence in the USA
Mairin Iwanka Raya: Indigenous Women Stand Against Violence
Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry

Policies and Procedures
Working on Country Program
Tangentyere Aboriginal Council refuses to enter 99 year lease over town camps
Reconciliation Action Plans
English Language Scheme

Determinations
Gunditjmara Determination
Yungngora Determination

Agreements and Treaties
Aurukun Land Use Agreement
Hope Vale Agreement
Eastern Kuku Yalanji Agreement
Northern Tanami Agreement

International Developments
Government Apology to Children of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools