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ABSTRACTIn this article, we set up a dialogue between two theoretical frameworks for understanding the developing relationships between indigenous Australians and the encapsulating Australian society. We argue that the concept of "the intercultural" de‐emphasizes the agency of Aboriginal people and the durability of their social relations and value orientations. We develop the concept of relative autonomy in apposition. Our primary focus is on the Yolngu people of eastern Arnhem Land and on the impact that recent Australian government policy—in particular the Northern Territory "Intervention"—has had on the relatively autonomous trajectory of their society. The view from relative autonomy enables an understanding of the history of Yolngu interaction with outsiders and Yolngu responses to government policy. We argue that unless relative autonomy is understood and taken into account, governments will fail to develop policies that engage Yolngu in the process of regional development.

Sutton's colleagues reflect on aspects of his life and work, starting with a set of biographical essays. The second section focuses on his controversial book "The Politics of Suffering". The third section addresses Sutton's ground-breaking analysis of the transition between "classical" and "post-classical" social formations in Aboriginal Australia.

The papers in this collection reflect on the various social effects of native title. In particular, the authors consider the ways in which the implementation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth), and the native title process for which this Act legislates, allow for the recognition and translation of Aboriginal law and custom, and facilitate particular kinds of coexistence between Aboriginal title holders and other Australians. In so doing, the authors seek to extend the debate on native title beyond questions of practice and towards an improved understanding of the effects of native title on the social lives of Indigenous Australians and on Australian society more generally.These attempts to grapple with the effects of native title have, in part, been impelled by Indigenous people's complaints about the Act and the native title process. Since the Act was passed, many Indigenous Australians have become increasingly unhappy with both the strength and forms of recognition afforded to traditional law and custom under the Act, as well as the with socially disruptive effects of the native title process. In particular, as several of the papers in this collection demonstrate, there is widespread discomfort with the transformative effects of recognition within the native title process, effects which can then affect other aspects of Indigenous lives

The papers in this collection reflect on the various social effects of native title. In particular, the authors consider the ways in which the implementation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth), and the native title process for which this Act legislates, allow for the recognition and translation of Aboriginal law and custom, and facilitate particular kinds of coexistence between Aboriginal title holders and other Australians. In so doing, the authors seek to extend the debate on native title beyond questions of practice and towards an improved understanding of the effects of native title on the social lives of Indigenous Australians and on Australian society more generally. These attempts to grapple with the effects of native title have, in part, been impelled by Indigenous people's complaints about the Act and the native title process. Since the Act was passed, many Indigenous Australians have become increasingly unhappy with both the strength and forms of recognition afforded to traditional law and custom under the Act, as well as the with socially disruptive effects of the native title process. In particular, as several of the papers in this collection demonstrate, there is widespread discomfort with the transformative effects of recognition within the native title process, effects which can then affect other aspects of Indigenous lives.

The papers in this collection reflect on the various social effects of native title. In particular, the authors consider the ways in which the implementation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth), and the native title process for which this Act legislates, allow for the recognition and translation of Aboriginal law and custom, and facilitate particular kinds of coexistence between Aboriginal title holders and other Australians. In so doing, the authors seek to extend the debate on native title beyond questions of practice and towards an improved understanding of the effects of native title on the social lives of Indigenous Australians and on Australian society more generally. These attempts to grapple with the effects of native title have, in part, been impelled by Indigenous people's complaints about the Act and the native title process. Since the Act was passed, many Indigenous Australians have become increasingly unhappy with both the strength and forms of recognition afforded to traditional law and custom under the Act, as well as the with socially disruptive effects of the native title process. In particular, as several of the papers in this collection demonstrate, there is widespread discomfort with the transformative effects of recognition within the native title process, effects which can then affect other aspects of Indigenous lives.

Producing powerful numbers --Preparing for the 2006 enumeration at the Darwin Census Management Unit --A vast improvement: the 2006 enumeration in the Alice Springs town camps --Mobility and its consequences: the 2006 enumeration in the north-east Arnhem Land region --Whose census? Institutional constraints on the Indigenous Enumeration Strategy at Wadeye --What sort of town is Fitzroy Crossing? Logistical and boundary problems of the 2006 enumeration in the southern Kimberley --After the count and after the fact: at the Darwin Census Management Unit --The transformation of input into output: at the Melbourne Data Processing Centre --Accommodating agency and contingency: towards an extended strategy for engagement --Appendix A.The 2006 Interviewer Household Form --Appendix B.Commentary on the 2006 Interviewer Household Form.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Knowing and Managing the Land: The Conundrum of Coexistence and Entanglement -- 2 Dialogues on Surviving: Eeyou Hunters' Ways of Engagement with Land, Governments, and Youth -- 3 The Endurance of Relational Ontology: Encounters between Eeyouch and Sport Hunters -- 4 Australia's Indigenous Protected Areas: Resistance, Articulation, and Entanglement in the Context of Natural Resource Management -- 5 Mediation between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Another Analysis of "Two-Way" Conservation in Northern Australia -- 6 Cultural Politics of Land and Animals in Treaty 8 Territory (Northern Alberta, Canada) -- 7 Entanglements in Coast Salish Ancestral Territories -- 8 Transmission of Knowledge, Clans, and Lands among the Yolnu (Northern Territory, Australia) -- 9 Alien Relations: Ecological and Ontological Dilemmas Posed for Indigenous Australians in the Management of "Feral" Camels on Their Lands -- 10 Nehirowisiw Territoriality: Negotiating and Managing Entanglement and Coexistence -- 11 Is There a Role for Anthropology in Cultural Reproduction? Maps, Mining, and the "Cultural Future" in Central Australia -- Afterword -- Contributors