Indigenous Rights & Natural Resource Law

Inside the legal frameworks governing Indigenous rights, land and resources.

Guy brings three decades of experience in Indigenous rights and law across academia, private legal practice and government. His work focuses particularly on Indigenous rights related to land and natural resources, including hunting, fishing and gathering rights, and on how those rights are recognized across different legal and constitutional systems. His PhD in Law examined Aboriginal hunting, fishing and gathering rights in Canada, New Zealand and the United States.

Before moving into academia, Guy practised law in Wisconsin, where his firm served as counsel to Tribal governments. He represented the Sokaogon Chippewa Community, negotiated with state and federal governments and regulators, and was counsel of record in Mille Lacs et al. v. State of Minnesota et al., a U.S. Supreme Court case concerning off-reservation hunting and fishing rights protected by the 1837 Treaty. He also represented the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Government, including in a $10.9 million Tribal bond offering.

Today, Guy is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of New England in Australia, where he teaches Indigenous Law and Native Title, Property Law and other subjects and directs the First Peoples Rights and Law Centre. He is also an Associate Professor at Auckland University of Technology and Co-Director of its Centre for Indigenous Rights and Law. His research and teaching have taken him across the Asia-Pacific and North America, examining Indigenous land rights, natural-resource governance, customary rights and the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and the state.

Legal Scholarship

Internationally recognized scholar

Tenured at universities in Australia and New Zealand

Comparative Indigenous law

Indigenous land, natural resource & Native Title rights

Constitutional and treaty rights

Native Title

Law and Government in Practice

Former Managing Partner, Wisconsin law firm

Counsel to Tribal governments

U.S. Supreme Court counsel of record

Negotiated Tribal–state and Tribal–federal matters

Legal Advisor, Robinson Lawyers, Hong Kong

Elected City Alderman

Early career experience inside the Ontario Legislature (Canada), U.S. Congress, and Hawaii State Legislature

Academic Foundation

Ph.D. in Law, University of Auckland

JD, University of Wisconsin–Madison

M.A. in International Relations, University of Toronto

B.A. in International Relations, University of Wisconsin–Madison