Title: Indigenous Nation Building and the Role of Settler Allies
Subtitle: Unsettling Collaborative Arrangements for the Shared Care of Nature
Subject Classification:  Indigenous Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology  
BIC Classification: RNK, JFFN, JHM
BISAC Classification: SOC043000, POL044000, SOC002010
Binding: Hardback, eBook
Planned publication date: Oct 2026
ISBN (Hardback): 978-1-80866-048-1
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-80866-049-8

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Description

While scholarship on Indigenous governance and environmental co-management has grown, the role of non-Indigenous professionals within these collaborations remains underexplored. *Indigenous Nation Building and the Role of Settler Allies* examines the ethical responsibilities and relational complexities faced by settler allies working in environmental stewardship.

The book bridges the fields of Indigenous nation-building, decolonising solidarity, and environmental governance. It challenges readers to consider how non-Indigenous organisations and individuals can engage in collaborative arrangements in ways that genuinely support Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination. By centering the ethical positionality of settler professionals, the author offers a nuanced framework for building culturally safe and pluralistic governance models for the shared care of nature.

Drawing on insights from Indigenous studies, sociology, and natural resource management, this work provides a new perspective on unsettling colonial power dynamics within environmental policy and practice. It is essential reading for scholars, students, policymakers, and practitioners in fields relating to indigenous people and lands.

Biography

Author(s):  Tania Lee Searle is a researcher and educator whose work bridges Indigenous studies, sociology, and natural resource management. She engages in research on Indigenous sovereignty and settler allyship to guide non-Indigenous professionals toward culturally safe, pluralistic governance, and supports Indigenous nation-building approaches. She is based in South Australia.

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