14 videos about land rights

A Long Term Wishlist

When asked whether he could foresee reconciliation between Aboriginal and European Australians, Roger Thomas, professor and director of Wilto Yerlo Center for Australian Indigenous Research

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A Threat to Living Communities

Indian social activist Medha Patkar explains how the economic development model being imposed on India's farmers is neither inclusive nor sustainable.

(5:37)

Bridging the Gap

Arana Collett, a leader in the Maori language revitalization movement, contrasts the Maori and colonial views of the land. Can such a fundamental gap be bridged?

(2:59)

Complete Interview

In this complete interview, Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, explains fundamental differences between Aboriginal and Euro-Australian worldviews.

(17:00)

Industrialization, Imperialism and Colonization

Actor Cliff Curtis offers the perspective that the trinity of industrialization, imperialism and colonialism served an important function by linking humanity closely together.

(3:10)

No One Eats Dollar Notes

Medha Patkar, social activist and advocate for peoples vulnerable to massive dam projects in India, rejects the idea that indigenous peoples must assimilate to a market economy that is neither inclusi

(1:33)

Our Collective Survival

Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the Ecological Footprint, explains how industrial society treats land as something that belongs to us, and asks, how can we shift back to "belonging to the land"?

(3:49)

Oursness

Bob Randall, a Yankunytjatjara elder and traditional owner of Uluru (Ayer's Rock), explains the Aboriginal understanding of land ownership as one of shared responsibility and kinship with the environment,

(5:36)

The Ecological Footprint

Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the Ecological Footprint, describes how this tool lets us calculate the amount of natural resources necessary to support our collective expenditure.

(4:59)

The Land Owns Us

Bob Randall, a Yankunytjatjara elder and traditional owner of Uluru (Ayer's Rock), explains how the connectedness of every living thing to every other living thing is not just an idea but a way of living.

(6:13)

To Grow, Balance and Nurture

Te Taru White, the Kaihatu (joint leader and curator) of Aotearoa New Zealand's national museum, explains the responsibility of guarding the past and translating it to the future.

(1:45)

We Are Caretakers

Bob Randall, a Yankunytjatjara elder and traditional owner of Uluru (Ayer's Rock), explains that the real law of survival is to take care of the land and one another-not just for ourselves but for

(2:06)

We are Servants, Not Owners

Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion describes how within one generation most of Ecuador's forests were eliminated, leaving a struggling fraction of the original ecological richness.

(6:33)

What Is Sacred?

Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, explains why Aboriginal understandings of the land have no credibility in wider Australian society.

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