Incompatible Struggles? Reclaiming Indigenous Sovereignty and Political Sovereignty in Kanaky and/or New Caledonia (original) (raw)

dpa.bellschool.anu.edu.au and goals. Using tools from different disciplines (public law, Indigenous rights law and different branches of political science), and drawing on various forms of evidence (the media, militant press, academic articles, videos, interviews, lectures and personal interviews with current pro-independence and pro-Indigenous rights leaders), this paper compares the strategies of Indigenous rights proponents as well as proindependence leaders in order to determine their levels of concordance and dissonance, and to consider areas where they can be complementary. These issues are specifically examined in the context of the period since the 1988 Matignon-Oudinot Agreements. The first part of the paper reviews the different visions and strategies undertaken in New Caledonia in efforts to reclaim sovereignty. The second part exposes the mistrust that can be witnessed between the actors involved. The third part explores possible points of convergence between the approac...