Negotiations in the Indigenous World

Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University, Australia. He is Director of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy's Program on Environment, Resources and Sustainability. His research focuses on the interactions of large resource corporations with governments and communities, particularly Indigenous communities. For over two decades he has acted as a negotiator and adviser for Aboriginal communities in Australia and Canada and for customary landowners in the Pacific.

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