This collection celebrates the contribution to public intellectual life - in South Australia and beyond - of eleven respected Indigenous educators, community leaders and activists: the Duguid lecturers. Their work, in turn, honours the dedication of Dr Charles and Phyllis Duguid in advancing the cultural, social and political interests of Indigenous Australians from the 1930s to the 1990s. The Duguid Memorial Lectures, 1994--2014, offer telling insights into the endeavours of individuals, communities and movements dedicated to improving Indigenous education, health, cultural practice and community governance. They prepare the ground and point the way for generations of leaders to come. The Duguids and the Duguid lecturers are partners in the long, continuing campaign for a reconciled Australia.

Contents:
1. Long campaign : introducing the Duguid Memorial Lectures / Gus Worby, Tristan Kennedy and Simone Ulalka Tur -- 2. Politics of policy and practice in Aboriginal higher education - 1994 / Paul Hughes -- 3. Personal reflections - 1996 / Jenny Baker -- 4. Aborigines in Australia: personal challenges, 1998 and 2016 / John Moriarty talks with Tristan Kennedy -- 5. My country is crying - 2000 / Jackie Huggins -- 6. Reconciling the nation in the 21st century : hopes, fears and dilemmas - 2003 / Lowitja O'Donoghue -- 7. Self-determination : actualising the space - 2004 / Tracey Bunda -- 87. Is it a lost cause or a wasted opportunity? Life after ATSIC for the First Australians : the crisis facing Aboriginal Communities - 2006 / Klynton Wanganeen -- 9. Indigenous education outcomes : are the answers in the mainstream? / Peter Buckskin -- 10. Uncomfortable road to cultural ease : shifing focus to 'close the gap' - 2010 / Dennis McDermott -- 11. Indigenous knowledges, the academy and the community : what have we learnt and still have to learn from first nations peoples? - 2012 / Irene Watson -- 12. Considering sameness - 2014 / Anita Heiss -- Appendix. A brief history of the Aborigines Advancement League of South Australia : a brief history / written by Phyllis Duguid in 1969.

The Duguid Lecturers:
Paul Hughes, Jenny Baker, John Moriarty, Jackie Huggins, Lowitja O'Donoghue, Tracey Bunda, Klynton Wanganeen, Peter Buckskin, Dennis McDermott, Irene Watson, Anita Heiss

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index.