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Essays & reportage Friend or foe? Anthropology’s encounter with Aborigines Gillian Cowlishaw 19 August 2015 Anthropologists might have been implicated in colonial policies and practices, writes Gillian Cowlishaw, but for many decades theirs was the only scholarly discipline… National affairs Unlocking Indigenous incarceration Robert Milliken 31 July 2015 Governments have ignored a new report exposing appalling rates of young Indigenous people in detention, writes Robert Milliken. But a new response is attracting growing support Books & arts Native title: the missing link Michael Dillon 28 July 2015 Books | A diverse new collection of essays lays out part of the roadmap for realising the potential of native title, writes Michael Dillon. But the political… National affairs And the rest say “no” Peter Brent 17 July 2014 There’s a pattern to the success of attempts to change the Australian constitution, writes Peter Brent, with lessons for advocates of Indigenous recognition

Books & arts A welcome touch of modesty Frank Bongiorno 9 May 2013 Tim Rowse’s new book shows the strengths of an evidence-based approach to Indigenous policy, writes Frank Bongiorno Books & arts The limits of empire Henry Reynolds 2 May 2013 Henry Reynolds reviews a new account of exploration on two continents Books & arts A slice of Alice Springs Eleanor Hogan 14 February 2013 Eleanor Hogan reviews Warwick Thornton’s film installation, Mother Courage Books & arts Shades of green, black and white David Bowman 7 February 2013 David Bowman considers the environmental politics of managing Indigenous lands