Talk:Australian Indigenous sovereignty/to do

GILBERT, Kevin (1987) in "Interview with Kevin Gilbert, Chairman of Treaty 88 Campaign' Ethnic Spotlight 12 pg 17-22
Quoting on sovereignty -
 * ''"There is a callous indifference to Aboriginal human life in this country, the only way we can rectify that is to recognise the true position that we were sovereign owners of our own land at the time of colonisation .. and that Australia must negotiate a treaty with us on a sovereign basis .. so that we can have a viable land base to regenerate our people and retain our culture and also in actual fact to legitimise the Australian claim to sovereignty, they have not got a legitimate sovereign state in this land because it is a burden title, they have taken it by theft and murder and that will always remain, and of course Aboriginal people after all these years have found there is a very strong surge towards refuting or at least not accepting 'dying quietly' any longer, there is a very deep anger we feel"

'' Noting from the interview references to the pending Australian 1988 bicentennial celebrations, also referring to the Treaty 88 Campaign, plus the then Australian pre-government offer for a Makkarrata in the form of legislation able to be recinded, in the place of a Treaty negotiated between equals within the international arena, to be secured,recognized and sustained by other nations restituting ongoing injustice, settling on a future of Aboriginal peoples health, well-being, opportunity, and optimism free from racism

Bruceanthro (talk) 09:53, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

BEHRENDT, Larissa (2013) "Aboriginal Sovereignty: A Practical Roadmap" in EVANS et al Sovereignty: Frontiers of Possibility University of Hawaii Press
Referred Events in History


 * l9670000 Referendum
 * The 1967 referendum was the result of years of activism led by the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI). Presented to the Australian electorate as a referendum on equal rights and citizenship for Aboriginal people, it was passed with more than go percent of the national vote. It amended Section 51(xxvi) of the Constitution, granting the Commonwealth legislative power over Indigenous people and taking that power away from the various states, and Section 128 to include Aboriginal people in the census


 * 198800: Barungu Statement
 * The Barunga Statement was a set of Indigenous political claims and objectives presented to Prime Minister Robert Hawke in 1988. It called on the Australian government to recognize Indigenous human rights, land rights, and self-determination, to negotiate a treaty, and to provide specific frameworks for full Indigenous participation in national political life.

Quoting on sovereignty
 * "Growing up in the Aboriginal community, the idea of Aboriginal sovereignty became a concept that seemed inherent. I had heard the language of sovereignty, l had heard the word expressed as part of my father's politics, as a central part of the politics of the Aboriginal people who influenced me ideologically - Michael Mansell, Gary Foley, Kevin Gilbert - and I understood from an early age that the concept of "sovereignty" referred to and flowed from a distinct history, a distinct culture, a distinct community, distinct identity. I had heard the history of how, as the first peoples we never conceded our land and our sovereignty remained."


 * "The .. question was not how international law defined "sovereignty" and how we, as Aboriginal people, fit our claims into that concept. The starting point was to deconstruct the political aspirations of Aboriginal people when we use the term "sovereignty." This is the appropriate starting point because it moves away from a question that is defined by the parameters of international law and is instead a question defined by Aboriginal people themselves by what we want, by what we aspire to."


 * ''"The starting point for recognizing Aboriginal sovereignty is to ask the question, "When Aboriginal people say they want to exercise their sovereignty, what does that mean in practice? .. I would argue that it covers a spectrum of claims .. These claims can be conceptualized into three categories:
 * Equality rights (the right not to be discriminated against and the rights to equal access to services, infrastructure, and opportunity).
 * Indigenous rights (rights to culture, heritage, language, native title).
 * Empowerment rights (rights to make decisions and have control over the decisions that affect our lives)

''
 * When Aboriginal people speak of "sovereignty," it becomes clear that it describes a set of political, economic, social, and cultural aspirations that are achievable, that fit well within our current understanding of basic human rights, and that also offer a practical approach to policy making ...


 * It is a falsehood that the recognition of Aboriginal sovereignty is a threat to Australian sovereignty and the two cannot exist. Every day thelaw finds ways to balance the sovereignty of local, state, and federal governments. Coexisting sovereignty is in no way conceptually difficult for our laws or institutions-unless it involves the incorporation of the sovereignty of Aboriginal people

Bruceanthro (talk) 08:34, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

WALKER, Dennis (2015) in "Interview with Uncle Dennis Walker at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra'
Quoting on sovereignty
 * What is sovereignty at international Law? You must have a people, a government and a territory. We have that because we know who we are and where we go to in terms of our territory. And our territories tell us who we are."


 * "..in terms of constitutional change, the constitution of Australia comes under section 9 of the Australia Act in the British parliament, so in terms of making a change it is fraught with difficulties. In terms of Blackfella being recognized by such a constitution fraught with all the imperfections that an invading colonial society manifests including theft, murder and genocide then you're dealing with a pretty weird animal in terms of the Australian constitution.."


 * "What needs to happen at their law is that there is a presumption by them that they do have sovereignty and dominion over us, and they do that by way of the law of the sea. Thus you've got town-ships, citizen-ships. These are are all vessels. The courthouse itself is a vessel where you get your birth (*berth) certificate and in terms of that certificate they enslave the population of this country by saying that by way of that birth certificate youre bound to the statutes of the country of whatever laws they want to make so you aresubject to those laws by way of your birth certificate".


 * SELF DEFENSE NOTICE - I am, Bejam Kunmunara Noonuccal Kabool, son of Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal Custodian of the land Minjerribah, a Sovereign Tribal Origine Person. My Passport is enclosed.


 * SELF DEFENSE NOTICE (Continued)- It is my understanding that as a Sovereign Tribal Origine Person I do not stand under your law and that according to the legislations enclosed; the Act of Settlement 1701, and the Pacific Islanders Protection Acts 1872, 1875 & 1883 you act unlawfully. As such, any actions by the Crown to in any way, NOT RESPECT and Enforce my sovereignty and dominion is an UNLAWFUL ACT on me and my family, and we only comply under protest and duress for which you will be held liable


 * SELF DEFENCE NOTICE (Continued) - Any disputation at law with me or my family must lie sine die until these sovereignty and dominion matters are properly settled by way of an informed consent” I've signed this here Bejam and Denis Walker and that's the stamp that my mother had made when she was alive: “Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal custodian of the land Minjerribah. And I signed it Bejam. That's my sovereignty seal.


 * So the Embassy and other places are meeting and working out this whole sovereignty,dominion area. What I see that should arise out of that national cohesion on sovereignty and domain is that until the Australian government does do treaty on the basis of a controlling interest by way of 51% Sovereign Tribal Originie Peoples and 49% for the Australian colony which is the terms I offered to the Governor General some time back, then all trade should stop. There should be an economic embargo on the illegitimate state of Australia which is a colony and has no jurisdiction to do anything in terms of their sovereignty and their domain because it's not theirs, it's ours and until they do do treaty and get the de jeure they require then the world should boycott Australia economically. Trade should stop with Australia until they act lawfully.

Notice references to proposals to amend the Australian constitution, the almost irreparable illegitimacy of our nation state's presumed sovereignty and internation status, past representations made to the Queensland representative ie the Governor General, also tabling own Aboriginal passports, and an imagination of the role of the Aboriginal tent embass/ies

Bruceanthro (talk) 11:00, 7 September 2018 (UTC)