Analysis and Conclusion

Abstract

Abstract This chapter draws on the extensive analysis of issues, regions, and peoples in previous chapters to characterize relations between Indigenous peoples and mining in the contemporary world. It draws out common features of those relations based on patterns of behaviours and responses by Indigenous peoples seeking to protect their livelihoods, lands, and culture; multinational mining companies seeking to maximize profits; and states intent on promoting ‘development’. It also highlights the distinctive outcomes that emerge because of the agency of Indigenous peoples and the effect of particular historical patterns and state structures. It concludes by offering theoretical insights that help explain outcomes arising from Indigenous interactions with the mining industry, and provide a basis on which to indicate how more positive outcomes for Indigenous peoples could be achieved.