TY - BOOK AU - Dominello,Francesca TI - State apologies to indigenous peoples: law, politics, ethics T2 - Indigenous peoples and the law SN - 1003491014 U1 - 323.1197/071 23/eng/20240205 PY - 2025/// KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Australia KW - Canada KW - Claims KW - Politics and government KW - Reparations KW - Apologizing KW - Political aspects KW - HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand KW - HISTORY / Canada / General KW - HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries N1 - Making apologies : what do they do? -- Sorry for what? examining the Rudd and Harper apologies in their historical contexts -- The Rudd and Harper apologies critically examined -- Apology making as a relational process : re-focusing the Rudd and Harper apologies on indigenous peoples -- Australia post-apology -- Canada post-apology N2 - "This book considers the ethics and politics of state apologies made to Indigenous peoples. The prevalent tendency to treat an apology as a speech act has maintained the focus on the state leader making the apology and not on the victims' claims. This book demonstrates the inherent shortcomings of this approach through an examination of apologies delivered to Indigenous peoples in Australia and Canada. Contrasting the texts of different apologies with the responses of Indigenous peoples to them, the book considers how they are shaped by state norms regarding might be accepted as a wrong. In response, the book develops an understanding of apology as a relational process, which involves engaging Indigenous peoples in a dialogue to address past injustices. Stressing the importance of Indigenous perspectives in fulfilling the transformative promise of 'never again', which an apology represents, the book concludes by considering this process in relation to key proposals currently being pursued by Indigenous peoples in Australia and Canada. This book will be of considerable interest to scholars and students in the fields of Law, Indigenous studies; forgiveness studies; transitional justice; politics and postcolonialism"-- UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003491019 ER -