Negotiations in the Indigenous World

<p>Negotiated agreements play a critical role in setting the conditions under which resource development occurs on Indigenous land. Our understanding of what determines the outcomes of negotiations between Indigenous peoples and commercial interests is very limited.</p><p>With over two decades experience with Indigenous organisations and communities, Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh's book offers the first systematic analysis of agreement outcomes and the factors that shape them, based on evaluative criteria developed especially for this study; on an analysis of 45 negotiations between Aboriginal peoples and mining companies across all of Australia’s major resource-producing regions; and on detailed case studies of four negotiations in Australia and Canada.</p> <p>1. Introduction: Indigenous peoples, mineral development and negotiation 2. Analysing Negotiations: Theory and Method 3. Aboriginal peoples and mining negotiations in Australia and Canada: context and issues 4. Criteria for evaluating negotiation outcomes 5. Outcomes from negotiations in Australia: A macro analysis 6. Bauxite mining in Western Cape York, Queensland 7. Silica sand mining on North Stradbroke Island 8. The Ekati diamond mine, Northwest Territories 9. The Voisey’s Bay nickel project, Labrador 10. Conclusion: Explaining and improving negotiation outcomes</p>